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GPT-4.1 mini
openai·openai/gpt-4.1-mini·Deprecated·Closed·gpt-mini series
Affordable GPT-4.1 lane for fast coding help and structured extraction
At a glance
Official price$0.40 / $1.60 per 1M
Cache read $0.10 · OpenAI
Lowest paid$0.36 / $1.40
Poe Gateway · 1.2× spread
Context1,047,576
⚠ Providers report 1,000,000–1,047,576; the table below is authoritative
Output limit32,768
Capabilities
Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ Temperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-04
Released / updated2025-04-14 / 2025-04-14
Quality & performanceArtificial Analysis · Intelligence Index v4.1
Intelligence14.8
Value24
Coding20.2
Agentic1.8
Output speed102 tok/s
TTFT0.93 s
Cost per task$0.0638
Value formulaIQ 14.8 ÷ min blended $0.620 = 24
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
Available at 23 providers21 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poe | Gateway | $0.36 | $1.40 | $0.09 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| OrcaRouter | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| Impossibl | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| OpenAIOfficial | First-party | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| NEAR AI Cloud | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| Merge Gateway | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway | Cloud | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
| SAP AI Core | Cloud | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.10 | — | 1,047,576 | 32,768 | |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1Poe$109.60
2OrcaRouter$124.00
3NanoGPT$124.00
4Impossibl$124.00
5OpenRouter$124.00
6OpenAI · Official$124.00
Switch to Poe to save $14.40/mo (12%). The gap is small, so staying on the official channel is fine.
Note: this is a gateway; verify availability and rate limits yourself.
Benchmark1 items
| Name | Conditions | Score | Metric | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.4 | percent correct | Source ↗ |
The same benchmark scores very differently across harness / dataset, so the qualifying conditions must be shown together.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
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