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GPT-5 Mini vs o4-mini

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OpenAI · 512k context  |  OpenAI · 200k context

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-5 Minio4-mini
Input / 1M tokens$0.6$1.1
Output / 1M tokens$2.4$4.4
Cached input / 1M$0.3—
Context window512k200k
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI

Cost Calculator

💰 GPT-5 Mini saves $450.00/month (45% cheaper)
OGPT-5 MiniCHEAPER
Per request$0.001800
Daily$18.00
Monthly$540.00
Yearly$6,570.00
Oo4-mini
Per request$0.003300
Daily$33.00
Monthly$990.00
Yearly$12,045.00
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Choose GPT-5 Mini when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 45% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Larger context window (512k vs 200k) — better for long documents
  • ✓ Supports prompt caching — save up to 90% on repeated prompts
  • ✓ Optimized for: Cost-efficient frontier tasks
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Choose o4-mini when…

  • ✓ Optimized for: STEM & coding

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