GPT-5 Mini Pricing - Cost Calculator

Monitor GPT-5 Mini costs across providers, view updates instantly, and manage budget expectations for lightweight AI usage efficiently.

Released 7 August 2025, GPT-5 Mini is a multimodal model from OpenAI. It costs between $0.125 and $0.45 per million input tokens. The context window holds 400,000 tokens, with up to 128,000 returned per response. It replaces Davinci-002 Legacy.

Last updated Sep 27, 2026

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Model Details

Released
Aug 7, 2025
Context Length
400,000
Max Output
128,000

Where is GPT-5 Mini a perfect fit?

GPT-5 Mini balances performance and efficiency, making it perfect for projects needing AI capabilities without the cost or resource overhead of full GPT-5. Typical use cases include:
- Rapid prototyping of AI applications
- Medium-scale content generation or summarization
- Lightweight customer support automation
- Experimental or time-limited AI projects
- Applications where speed and cost-efficiency are priorities

Quick Model Estimate

(USD 0.2500 per 1M tokens)
(USD 2.0000 per 1M tokens)

Your GPT-5 Mini Cost Estimate

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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens

๐Ÿ“ฅ Input (1000 ร— $0.250000) โ€”
๐Ÿ“ค Output (1000 ร— $2.000000) โ€”

Cost Breakdown

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Prices are watched for changes and checked against the provider's own page.

Pricing

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OpenAI LogoOpenAITextStandard$0.2500$2.0000$0.0250400,000 tokensโ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextBatch$0.1250$1.0000$0.0125400,000 tokensโ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextFlex$0.1250$1.0000$0.0125400,000 tokensโ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextPriority$0.4500$3.6000$0.0450400,000 tokensโ†’
Perplexity LogoPerplexityTextStandard$0.2500$2.0000$0.0250400,000 tokensโ†’

FAQs about GPT-5 Mini

How much does GPT-5 Mini cost per 1M tokens?

GPT-5 Mini costs between $0.125 and $0.45 per million input tokens, and between $1.00 and $3.60 per million output tokens. The range covers Standard, Batch, Flex and Priority pricing.

What does a typical workload cost with GPT-5 Mini?

1,000 requests of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each โ€” 2,000,000 input and 500,000 output tokens in total โ€” costs $0.75 with GPT-5 Mini at its lowest rates. Use the calculator on this page for your own volumes.

Which provider is cheapest for GPT-5 Mini?

OpenAI has the lowest input rate for GPT-5 Mini, at $0.125 per million tokens. Across all providers: OpenAI from $0.125 and Perplexity from $0.25 per million input tokens.

Is there cheaper GPT-5 Mini pricing than the standard rate?

Yes. Batch pricing for GPT-5 Mini starts at $0.125 per million input tokens against $0.25 on the standard tier, about 50% lower.

What is GPT-5 Mini's context window?

GPT-5 Mini has a context window of 400,000 tokens, and returns up to 128,000 tokens in a single response.