Specification

Release date: 7 Aug 2025
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Status: deprecated
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
Openness: proprietary
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
Context window: 400K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Max output: 128K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Knowledge cutoff: May 2024
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Modalities: image, text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Input modalities: image, text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Output modalities: text
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Tokenizer: GPT
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
API model id: gpt-5-mini
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
Deprecation date: 11 Jun 2026
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
Retirement date: 11 Dec 2026
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
Retirement tentative: No
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
Official page: developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5-mini
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
File input: Yes
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Openrouter id: openai/gpt-5-mini
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Retired snapshots: gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Source:OpenAI Platform docsT1observed 2 h agohigh
Supported parameters: include_reasoning, max_completion_tokens, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, tool_choice, tools
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium

Each value shows its source, tier and observation time. Conflicting claims are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. How AI Atlas records facts →

Provenance

Attributed facts

24

Source tiers

T1T29 / 15

Freshest observation

1 h ago

Conflicts

None

Modalities

Modalities: imagetext
Input: imagetext
Output: text

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: 400K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Max output: 128K tokens
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Knowledge cutoff: May 2024
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium
Tokenizer: GPT
Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 1 h agomedium

No benchmark results recorded

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

Current prices

Current prices per 1M tokens
Provider	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached in	Batch in / out	Context	Observed	Source
OpenAI APIopenai/gpt-5-mini:batch	$0.125	$1	$0.013	—	400K	1 h ago	openrouter.aiT2
OpenAI APIgpt-5-mini	$0.25	$2	$0.025	$0.125 / $1	—	2 h ago	developers.openai.comT1
OpenAI APIopenai/gpt-5-mini	$0.25	$2	$0.025	—	400K	1 h ago	openrouter.aiT2

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

Available through 1

OpenAI API

Price history

Input price · USD / 1M tokens

Output price · USD / 1M tokens

OpenAI API

No hardware estimate available

Estimates need a parameter count; this model has none recorded from a source.

No lineage recorded

Lineage comes from explicit `derived_from`, `fine_tuned_from`, `distilled_from` and `quantized_from` relations stated by sources.

Papers 0

No papers linked yet.

Repositories 0

No repositories linked yet.

As of

Rewind the record: see this entity's attributes exactly as AI Atlas knew them on a given day.

Claim history

24 claims · 24 properties

Release daterelease_date1

Claim history for Release date
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
7 Aug 2025	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Statusstatus1

Claim history for Status
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
deprecated	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Opennessopenness1

Claim history for Openness
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
proprietary	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Context windowcontext_length1

Claim history for Context window
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
400K tokens	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Max outputmax_output_tokens1

Claim history for Max output
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
128K tokens	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Knowledge cutoffknowledge_cutoff1

Claim history for Knowledge cutoff
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
May 2024	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Modalitiesmodalities1

Claim history for Modalities
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
image, text	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Input modalitiesmodalities_input1

Claim history for Input modalities
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
image, text	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Output modalitiesmodalities_output1

Claim history for Output modalities
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
text	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Tokenizertokenizer1

Claim history for Tokenizer
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
GPT	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

API model idapi_model_id1

Claim history for API model id
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
gpt-5-mini	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Deprecation datedeprecation_date1

Claim history for Deprecation date
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
11 Jun 2026	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Retirement dateretirement_date1

Claim history for Retirement date
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
11 Dec 2026	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Retirement tentativeretirement_tentative1

Claim history for Retirement tentative
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
No	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Official pageofficial_url1

Claim history for Official page
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5-mini	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Descriptiondescription1

Claim history for Description
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Strong intelligence for cost sensitive, low latency, high volume workloads	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

File inputfile_input1

Claim history for File input
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Yes	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Openrouter idopenrouter_id1

Claim history for Openrouter id
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
openai/gpt-5-mini	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Reasoningreasoning1

Claim history for Reasoning
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Yes	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Retired snapshotsretired_snapshots1

Claim history for Retired snapshots
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07	11 Sept 2026 20:51 UTC → current	current	OpenAI Platform docsT1	high	deterministic

Structured outputstructured_output1

Claim history for Structured output
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Yes	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Supported parameterssupported_parameters1

Claim history for Supported parameters
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
include_reasoning, max_completion_tokens, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, tool_choice, tools	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Tool callingtool_calling1

Claim history for Tool calling
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Yes	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

Visionvision1

Claim history for Vision
Value	Valid from → to	Status	Source	Confidence	Extractor
Yes	11 Sept 2026 21:10 UTC → current	current	OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2	medium	deterministic

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 →

11 Sept 2026
Listed by providerModelgpt-5-miniOpenAI
OpenAI API lists gpt-5-mini at $0.125 in / $1 out per 1M tokens
openrouter
openrouter.ai
11 Sept 2026
Listed by providerModelgpt-5-miniOpenAI
OpenAI API lists gpt-5-mini at $0.25 in / $2 out per 1M tokens
openrouter
openrouter.ai
11 Sept 2026
New modelModelgpt-5-miniOpenAI
New model: gpt-5-mini (OpenAI)
openai
developers.openai.com
11 Sept 2026
Listed by providerModelgpt-5-miniOpenAI
OpenAI API lists gpt-5-mini at $0.25 in / $2 out per 1M tokens
openai
developers.openai.com

Full timeline →

Source documents
Source	Document	Type	Tier	Last observed	Snapshots
OpenAI Platform docs	developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations.md	model_docs	T1· Official	1 h ago	1
OpenAI Platform docs	developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing.md	pricing	T1· Official	1 h ago	1
OpenAI Platform docs	developers.openai.com/api/docs/models.md	model_docs	T1· Official	1 h ago	1
OpenRouter public model & pricing listing	openrouter.ai/api/v1/models	catalogue	T2· Quality secondary	1 h ago	1

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