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GPT-5 vs o4-mini

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OpenAI · 1M context  |  OpenAI · 200k context

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-5o4-mini
Input / 1M tokens$8$1.1
Output / 1M tokens$32$4.4
Cached input / 1M$4—
Context window1M200k
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI

Cost Calculator

💰 o4-mini saves $6,210.00/month (86% cheaper)
OGPT-5
Per request$0.0240
Daily$240.00
Monthly$7,200.00
Yearly$87,600.00
Oo4-miniCHEAPER
Per request$0.003300
Daily$33.00
Monthly$990.00
Yearly$12,045.00
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Choose GPT-5 when…

  • ✓ Larger context window (1M vs 200k) — better for long documents
  • ✓ Supports prompt caching — save up to 90% on repeated prompts
  • ✓ Optimized for: Frontier tasks & agents
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Choose o4-mini when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 86% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Optimized for: STEM & coding

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