GPT 5 Mini API pricing
Published on-demand rates for OpenAI's gpt-5-mini, captured 2026-08-10 from public pricing data and committed to our archive. Context window 272k tokens; first observed in our archive 2025-08-11.
| Meter | USD per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.250 |
| Output | $2.00 |
| Cached input | $0.025 |
Standard on-demand rates. Excludes batch endpoints and negotiated pricing; confirm on OpenAI's pricing page before committing.
What it costs on a real workload
The four frozen profiles the LLMPrice indices price, per 1M tokens processed, at the rates above. Where no cache-read rate is published, the whole input bills at the standard rate.
| Profile | In / out mix | Cached share | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval | 800k / 200k | 70% | $0.474 |
| Chat | 500k / 500k | 30% | $1.09 |
| Content | 200k / 800k | 20% | $1.64 |
| Agent | 900k / 100k | 85% | $0.253 |
Profile definitions are frozen and published on the methodology page. Compare every model on these profiles →
Observed rate history
No repricing observed since this model entered our archive on 2025-08-11. When a rate moves, the change appears here and on the sitewide ticker.
Priced near this one
The models closest to GPT 5 Mini on a retrieval workload, cheaper and more expensive alike. We publish no quality score, so this is what they cost and nothing more.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | vs GPT 5 Mini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codestral | Mistral | $0.300 | $0.900 | 11% less |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | $0.250 | $1.50 | 21% less | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | $0.300 | $2.50 | 24% more | |
| Grok Code Fast | xAI | $0.200 | $1.50 | 24% less |
Compared on the retrieval profile: 800k input, 200k output, 70% of input cached where the model offers a cache rate.
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