GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

The sweet spot for everyday AI work? intelligent, fast, and affordable. This model excels at reasoning, conversation, and general tasks with an optimal balance of capability and cost. With 400K context, multimodal support, and thinking capabilities, it handles most professional work confidently. The GPT-5 architecture delivers reliable quality across coding, writing, analysis, and problem-solving. Our most popular choice for teams who need consistent, high-quality performance without premium pricing. An excellent general-purpose workhorse.

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Capabilities

Thinking

Tool Use

Image Input

Image Generation

PDF Input

Example Use Cases

General openai task

Everyday coding or writing with openai

Balanced openai performance needed

Technical Specifications

Context Window

400,000 tokens

Max Output

128,000 tokens

Pricing

Token Costs (per 1M tokens)

Cache Miss Input

$0.25

Non-Reasoning Output

$2

Cache Read Input

$0.03

Tool Costs (per 1K calls)

Web Search

$10

Code Execution

$30

Image Generation

$400

Legacy

Made legacy on

Reason

Outdated model

Recommended Replacement

GPT-5.4