GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)

July 2024 snapshot of GPT-4o-mini, the initial release of OpenAI's affordable small model.

Input price
$0.135list $0.15-10%
Output price
$0.54list $0.60-10%
Context
128K
Max output
16K
Modalities
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126 (#83 of 89)
1286
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Released
2024-07-18
Knowledge cutoff
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Providers

This model is served by the dedicated providers below. We pick the provider for each request, so provider preferences don’t apply, including a provider named in your request. Prices in USD per 1M tokens. Need a custom setup? Contact [email protected].

Included providers1
  • SuccessTTFT
  • OpenAIUnited States——

Pricing

Prices for this model. Each request is billed at these prices, whichever provider serves it.

ItemPricePriority
Inputper 1M tokens$0.135list $0.15-10%$0.225list $0.25-10%
Outputper 1M tokens$0.54list $0.60-10%$0.90list $1.00-10%
Cache readper 1M tokens$0.0675list $0.075-10%$0.1125list $0.125-10%
Batch inputper 1M tokens$0.0675list $0.075-10%—
Batch outputper 1M tokens$0.27list $0.30-10%—
Web searchper request$0.0225list $0.025-10%—

Make a request

Set your provider preferences, then copy the request. It reads your API key from OHMYGPT_API_KEY.

Provider preferences don’t apply to this model. Need a custom setup? Contact [email protected].

curl https://api.ohmygpt.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OHMYGPT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello"
      }
    ]
  }'

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Capability scores are from Epoch AI’s Epoch Capabilities Index (CC BY 4.0, as of 2026-11-02), which combines dozens of benchmarks with GPT-5 set at 150. epoch.ai/eci

Price: our current input price per 1M tokens in USD, lowest across channels. Dated snapshots and resold copies of the same model are merged into one point; free models are not shown.

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Human preference ratings are from the LMArena Text Arena (CC BY 4.0, as of 2026-10-28): Elo ratings from blind votes, on a different scale from capability scores. lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text