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%
USMultimodalGPT-5-MINI Live · updated daily

gpt-5-mini

OpenAI
Efficiency score
91/100
+0.5%
Input price
$0.25/ 1M tokens
Output price
$2.00/ 1M tokens
Context window
400K
Throughput
125tok/s
Availability
100.0%
Cost / task
$0.002

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Vision
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

+0.5%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.25/ 1M tokens
$0.0003 / 1K
Output price
$2.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0020 / 1K
Blended price
$1.56/ 1M tokens
$0.0016 / 1K

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

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$315.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$480.00/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$900.00/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 26% of tracked models
  • Faster than 9% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #82 of 1105

Best suited for

Mixed text, image, audio and document workloads that benefit from one model across modalities.

About gpt-5-mini

GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost....

gpt-5-mini is a Multimodal model from OpenAI (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 400K-token context window, ~125 tokens/sec throughput and 100.0% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 91/100 at an estimated $0.002 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does gpt-5-mini cost per 1M tokens?+

gpt-5-mini is tracked at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $1.56 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is gpt-5-mini best for?+

Mixed text, image, audio and document workloads that benefit from one model across modalities.

How fast is gpt-5-mini?+

gpt-5-mini delivers about 125 tokens/sec with 100.0% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is gpt-5-mini cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, gpt-5-mini is cheaper than 26% of models on input price and ranks #82 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.