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GPT-5 Mini vs GPT-4.1

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OpenAI · 512k context | OpenAI · 1M context

Pricing Comparison

Metric	GPT-5 Mini	GPT-4.1
Input / 1M tokens	$0.6	$2
Output / 1M tokens	$2.4	$8
Cached input / 1M	$0.3	$1
Context window	512k	1M
Provider	OpenAI	OpenAI

Cost Calculator

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Requests/day

💰 GPT-5 Mini saves $1,260.00/month (70% cheaper)

OGPT-5 MiniCHEAPER

Per request$0.001800

Daily$18.00

Monthly$540.00

Yearly$6,570.00

OGPT-4.1

Per request$0.006000

Daily$60.00

Monthly$1,800.00

Yearly$21,900.00

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Choose GPT-5 Mini when…

✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
✓ 70% cheaper per input token
✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
✓ Cheaper cached price ($0.3 vs $1/1M)
✓ Optimized for: Cost-efficient frontier tasks

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Choose GPT-4.1 when…

✓ Larger context window (1M vs 512k) — better for long documents
✓ Optimized for: Coding & instruction following

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