OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini
GPT-4o-mini, from OpenAI, is designed to process vast amounts of text, images, and files, with a context length of 128,000 tokens. It supports tools for integrating external functionalities but lacks reasoning capabilities and structured output options. The model’s performance in benchmarks is mixed; it scores moderately across four metrics, with a blended score of 5.9. Given its pricing at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.6 per million output tokens, GPT-4o-mini could be suitable for projects requiring access to diverse modalities, particularly those that benefit from tool integration without the need for complex reasoning or structured data handling.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 5.9 across 4 benchmarks, last refreshed 2026-07-21. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | code editing across languages | 3.6 |
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 11.4 |
| AI Index Coding | software engineering tasks | 18.8 |
| AI Index Agentic | multi-step tool-using tasks | 1.6 |
- Model ID
- openai/gpt-4o-mini
- Vendor
- openai
- Released
- July 2024
- Tokenizer
- GPT
- Input Modalities
- text, image, file
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 16,384 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- not supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- yes
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.15/M input and $0.60/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | under $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.10 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $1.95 |
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Quick answers
- How much does OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini cost?
- $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens.
- What is OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini's context window?
- 128,000 tokens, roughly 192 pages of text in a single request.
- Does OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output.
- Can OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.