phi-4-mini-instruct vs gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
Input price
$0.08
$0.15
Output price
$0.35
$0.60
Context window
128K
128K
Throughput
119 tok/s
151 tok/s
Availability
100.0%
99.5%
Cost / task
$0.000
$0.001
Efficiency score
89
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
PHI-4-MINI-INS
GPT-4O-MINI-SE
Chat assistant
$66.00
$117.00
RAG / long context
$127.50
$234.00
Agent / tool use
$183.60
$324.00
Efficiency score: phi-4-mini-instruct
Across price, speed and reliability, phi-4-mini-instruct offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is phi-4-mini-instruct or gpt-4o-mini-search-preview cheaper?+
phi-4-mini-instruct has the lower input price — $0.08 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, phi-4-mini-instruct or gpt-4o-mini-search-preview?+
Across price, speed and reliability, phi-4-mini-instruct offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.