GPT-4o mini

OpenAI GPT-4o Generally Available Jul 2024

OpenAI's cost-efficient small model. Delivers strong multimodal performance at a fraction of GPT-4o cost — ideal for high-volume, latency-sensitive applications.

Context

128K

tokens

Input

$0.15

per MTok

Output

$0.60

per MTok

Model Page Try It API Docs

About

GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable...

Modalities

Input

Text Vision Documents / PDFs Code

Output

Text Code

Code Examples

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
    "messages": [
      { "role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement in one sentence." }
    ]
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.openai.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement in one sentence."},
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "gpt-4o-mini",
  messages: [
    { role: "user", content: "Explain quantum entanglement in one sentence." },
  ],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

API Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`frequency_penalty`	number	0	Penalize tokens by their frequency so far. Positive values reduce repetition.
`logit_bias`	object	—	Map of token-id to bias (-100…100) added to the logit before sampling.
`logprobs`	boolean	false	Return log probabilities for each output token.
`max_completion_tokens`	integer	—	Maximum number of tokens the model may generate in the response.
`max_tokens` deprecated	integer	—	Deprecated. Use max_completion_tokens.
`presence_penalty`	number	0	Penalize tokens that have appeared at all so far. Positive values encourage new topics.
`response_format`	one of	—	Constrain output to a JSON schema or an enum (structured outputs).
`seed`	integer	—	Deterministic seed for sampling. Same seed + same prompt produces identical output.
`stop`	array	—	Up to 4 sequences where the API will stop generating tokens.
`structured_outputs`	boolean	—	Enable JSON-schema-constrained output.
`temperature`	number	1	Sampling temperature; higher values produce more random output. 0 is deterministic.
`tool_choice`	one of	—	Controls which (if any) tool is called: "none", "auto", "required", or a specific tool.
`tools`	array	—	List of tools (functions) the model may call.
`top_logprobs`	integer	—	Return the top-N most likely tokens at each step (requires logprobs: true).
`top_p`	number	1	Nucleus sampling: consider only tokens whose cumulative probability ≥ top_p.
`web_search_options`	object	—	Configuration for web-search tool augmentation.

Standard OpenAI-compatible parameters. Consult the provider docs for model-specific behaviour.

Benchmark Scores

Benchmark	Score	Methodology
MMLU	82%	5-shot
HumanEval	87.2%	0-shot
MATH	70.2%	4-shot

Performance

150

tok / sec

output speed

Source: OpenAI docs + Artificial Analysis, April 2026

Strengths & Limitations

Best For

Extremely low cost

Fast response times

Vision capable

Great for high-volume workloads

Limitations

Weaker reasoning than GPT-4o

Smaller output token limit

No audio output