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gpt-5-mini

OpenAIdevelopers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5-mini

Strong intelligence for cost sensitive, low latency, high volume workloads

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data quality72

Updated 6 h ago · first seen 11 Sept 2026

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Overview

Identity

Identity block not returned by the API for this entity.

Openness

Openness not classified yet — no sourced evidence to place this model in the ontology.

Key facts

Release date

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Status

Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 14 h agohigh

Knowledge cutoff

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Deprecation date

Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 14 h agohigh

Retirement date

Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 14 h agohigh

Official page
developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5-mini

Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 14 h agohigh

API model id

Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 14 h agohigh

Openrouter id

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Architecture

Tokenizer

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Capabilities

Modalities

Modalities
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Input
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Output
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Capabilities

  • Tool calling

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Structured output

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Reasoning

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Vision

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Audio

    Unavailable

  • Fine-tuning available

    Unavailable

Context window

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Max output

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Knowledge cutoff

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Tokenizer

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Benchmarks13

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Comparable same task and conditions · Partially comparable same task, conditions differ (effort, temperature, judge) · Not comparable different variant or metric

No benchmark results recorded

Results appear when a tier 1–3 source publishes them; we never copy scores without a source.

Providers & Pricing3

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Current prices per 1M tokens
ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCached inBatch in / outContextObservedSource
OpenAI APIopenai/gpt-5-mini:batch$0.125$1$0.013—400K6 h agoopenrouter.aiT2
OpenAI APIgpt-5-mini$0.25$2$0.025$0.125 / $1—14 h agodevelopers.openai.comT1
OpenAI APIopenai/gpt-5-mini$0.25$2$0.025—400K6 h agoopenrouter.aiT2

USD per 1M tokens as published by each provider (USD). Rows are append-only: every change is kept in the history below.

Price history

Step lines per provider; amber markers are recorded changes. Click a marker or a row for the evidence behind that price.

Output price · USD / 1M tokens 1 provider

Output price history of gpt-5-mini$0$0.50$1$1.5$2$2.5Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26OpenAI API: first observed → $2 · 11 Sept 2026OpenAI API: $2 → $1 · 11 Sept 2026
  • OpenAI API
  • OpenAI API$2 → $111 Sept 2026
  • OpenAI APIfirst observed $211 Sept 2026

Input price · USD / 1M tokens 1 provider

Input price history of gpt-5-mini$0$0.10$0.20$0.30Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26OpenAI API: first observed → $0.25 · 11 Sept 2026OpenAI API: $0.25 → $0.125 · 11 Sept 2026
  • OpenAI API
  • OpenAI API$0.25 → $0.12511 Sept 2026
  • OpenAI APIfirst observed $0.2511 Sept 2026

Timeline17

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Change history24

Temporal, append-only claims: a new observation closes the previous claim instead of overwriting it. Rewind the record with the as-of picker.

Viewing AI Atlas as of 12 Mar 2026 — attributes exactly as the atlas knew them on that day; later corrections are not shown.

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gpt-5-mini was not yet in AI Atlas on 12 Mar 2026

First seen 11 Sept 2026. Nothing is inferred backwards: no attribute is shown for dates before the first observation.
24 claims · 24 properties

Release daterelease_date1

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ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
7 Aug 2025 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Statusstatus1

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deprecated → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Opennessopenness1

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proprietary → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Context windowcontext_length1

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400K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Max outputmax_output_tokens1

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128K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Knowledge cutoffknowledge_cutoff1

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May 2024 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Modalitiesmodalities1

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image, text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Input modalitiesmodalities_input1

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image, text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Output modalitiesmodalities_output1

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text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Tokenizertokenizer1

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GPT → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

API model idapi_model_id1

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gpt-5-mini → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Deprecation datedeprecation_date1

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11 Jun 2026 → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Retirement dateretirement_date1

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11 Dec 2026 → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Retirement tentativeretirement_tentative1

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No → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Official pageofficial_url1

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https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5-mini → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Descriptiondescription1

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Strong intelligence for cost sensitive, low latency, high volume workloads → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

File inputfile_input1

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Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Openrouter idopenrouter_id1

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openai/gpt-5-mini → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Reasoningreasoning1

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Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Retired snapshotsretired_snapshots1

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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 → currentcurrentOpenAI Platform docsT1highdeterministic

Structured outputstructured_output1

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Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Supported parameterssupported_parameters1

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include_reasoning, max_completion_tokens, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, tool_choice, tools → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Tool callingtool_calling1

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Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Visionvision1

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ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Claims are temporal and append-only: a new observation closes the previous claim (valid_to) instead of overwriting it. Conflicting claims from different sources are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. Methodology →

Provenance

Attributed facts

26

Source tiers

T1T29 / 17

Freshest observation

6 h ago

Conflicts

None

Source documents 6

Source documents
SourceDocumentTypeTierLast observedSnapshots
OpenAI Platform docsdevelopers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations.md model_docsT1· Official6 h ago1
OpenAI Platform docsdevelopers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing.md pricingT1· Official6 h ago1
OpenAI Platform docsdevelopers.openai.com/api/docs/models.md model_docsT1· Official6 h ago1
OpenRouter public model & pricing listingopenrouter.ai/api/v1/models catalogueT2· Quality secondary6 h ago5
SWE-bench leaderboardsswebench.com/ leaderboardT2· Quality secondary12 h ago1
Artificial Analysisartificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models leaderboardT2· Quality secondary12 h ago1

Tier 1 = official/primary, 2 = quality secondary, 3 = community, 4 = unverified. Every snapshot is archived; see all sources and the methodology.

Data quality (72/100) measures how well AI Atlas knows this entity — completeness, primary-source ratio, freshness, conflicts — never how good the model is. Methodology →