OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini
Analysis Summary
OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini sits in the Professional tier on our leaderboard, ranked #36 of 525 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.250 input and $2.00 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a generous context window for extended reasoning and code review and supports tool use, function calling, vision, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
GPT-5 Mini from OpenAI punches well above its price point, delivering near-flagship reasoning and coding performance with a 400K context window and multimodal support at just $0.25/1M input ā making it one of the best value propositions in the current market for business use.
Assessed April 23, 2026
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Performance Profile
GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost..
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Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
openai/gpt-5-mini
|
| Provider | openai |
| Release Date | August 7, 2025 |
| Context Length | 400,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 128,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.25 | $0.000250 |
| Output | $2.00 | $0.002000 |
Live Performance
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