OpenAI: o4 Mini
Analysis Summary
OpenAI: o4 Mini sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #74 of 525 published models on overall intelligence. At $1.10 input and $4.40 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
OpenAI's o4 Mini punches well above its price point with exceptional math and coding benchmark scores, strong agentic capability, vision support, and tool calling — outstanding value for businesses needing reliable reasoning at scale.
Assessed April 23, 2026
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Performance Profile
OpenAI o4-mini is a compact reasoning model in the o-series, optimized for fast, cost-efficient performance while retaining strong multimodal and agentic capabilities. It supports tool use and demonstrates competitive reasoning..
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Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
openai/o4-mini
|
| Provider | openai |
| Release Date | April 16, 2025 |
| Context Length | 200,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 100,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.10 | $0.001100 |
| Output | $4.40 | $0.004400 |
Live Performance
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