OpenAI: gpt 5 mini

openai/gpt-5-mini

GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost. GPT-5 Mini is the successor to OpenAI's o4-mini model.

Model specifications

Input
text, image, audio
Output
text
Context
400,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens
Input price
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Output price
$2 / 1M tokens
Released
2026-02-11

Capabilities

  • Streaming
  • Function calling
  • Vision
  • Playground

Provider pricing, discounts and data privacy

Compare effective provider prices, published discounts, regions, retention policies, training use, compliance, and privacy links by service tier.

Standard service tier

2 available providers · tier input average $0.25 / 1M tokens · tier output average $2 / 1M tokens

Azure

Tier: Standard · Region: US

Pricing
Input
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Output
$2 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.03 / 1M tokens

No provider discount is currently published.

Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
Yes
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
Yes
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
No

OpenAI

Tier: Standard · Region: US

Pricing
Input
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Output
$2 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.025 / 1M tokens

No provider discount is currently published.

Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
Yes
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
Yes
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
Yes

Frequently asked questions

What is OpenAI: gpt 5 mini?
GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost. GPT-5 Mini is the successor to OpenAI's o4-mini model.
How much does OpenAI: gpt 5 mini cost?
Input costs start at $0.25 / 1M tokens and output costs start at $2 / 1M tokens. Provider-level prices vary by service tier.
What is the context length of OpenAI: gpt 5 mini?
OpenAI: gpt 5 mini supports a 400,000 token context window and up to 128,000 output tokens.
What capabilities does OpenAI: gpt 5 mini support?
OpenAI: gpt 5 mini supports Streaming, Function calling, Vision, Playground.
Which providers offer OpenAI: gpt 5 mini?
OpenAI: gpt 5 mini is available from Azure, OpenAI.
How do providers handle data privacy for OpenAI: gpt 5 mini?
2 of 2 providers report that customer data is not used for training, and 2 offer zero-data-retention routing. Retention, compliance, and privacy-policy links are listed per provider.

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