LIVE
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
USTextGPT-4O-MINI-SE Live · updated daily

gpt-4o-mini-search-preview

OpenAI
Efficiency score
89/100
2.5%
Input price
$0.15/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.60/ 1M tokens
Context window
128K
Throughput
151tok/s
Availability
99.5%
Cost / task
$0.001

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

2.5%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.15/ 1M tokens
$0.0001 / 1K
Output price
$0.60/ 1M tokens
$0.0006 / 1K
Blended price
$0.49/ 1M tokens
$0.0005 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$117.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$234.00/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$324.00/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 31% of tracked models
  • Faster than 56% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #423 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About gpt-4o-mini-search-preview

GPT-4o mini Search Preview is a specialized model for web search in Chat Completions. It is trained to understand and execute web search queries.

gpt-4o-mini-search-preview is a Text model from OpenAI (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, with a 128K-token context window, ~151 tokens/sec throughput and 99.5% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 89/100 at an estimated $0.001 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does gpt-4o-mini-search-preview cost per 1M tokens?+

gpt-4o-mini-search-preview is tracked at $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.49 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is gpt-4o-mini-search-preview best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is gpt-4o-mini-search-preview?+

gpt-4o-mini-search-preview delivers about 151 tokens/sec with 99.5% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is gpt-4o-mini-search-preview cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, gpt-4o-mini-search-preview is cheaper than 31% of models on input price and ranks #423 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.