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OpenAI GPT-5 Mini
openai·openai/openai-gpt-5-mini·GA·Closed·gpt-mini series
Compact GPT model for low-latency assistance and high-volume workloads
At a glance
Reference price$0.25 / $2.00 per 1M
Cache read $0.025 · Helicone
Lowest paid$0.25 / $2.00
DigitalOcean Cloud · 1× spread
Context400,000
Output limit128,000
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured outputTemperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-05-30
Released / updated2025-08-07 / 2025-08-07
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 2 providers2 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Cloud | $0.25 | $2.00 | $0.025 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| Helicone gpt-5-mini | Gateway | $0.25 | $2.00 | $0.025 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 |
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
1DigitalOcean$123.00
2Helicone$123.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
effort = minimaleffort = loweffort = mediumeffort = high
Related models
OpenAI GPT Mini Latestsame series$0.75 / $4.50gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17same series$0.75 / $4.50GPT-5.4 minisame series$0.75 / $4.50DeepSeek V4 Flashcheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28GPT-5 Nanocheaper alternative$0.05 / $0.40GLM-4.7-Flashcheaper alternative$0 / $0MiMo-V2.5cheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28
Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input list $0.25Output list $2.00Min blended $0.688
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-08-13). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.