How much does GPT-5 Mini cost per token?

GPT-5 Mini is priced at $0.13 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Aug 7, 2026.

What is GPT-5 Mini's context window?

GPT-5 Mini supports a context window of up to 400K tokens, per OpenAI.

How good is GPT-5 Mini at coding?

GPT-5 Mini scores 39.7% on swe-bench-multilingual (Feb 13, 2026). Its full benchmark table is above.

What are the alternatives to GPT-5 Mini?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Claude Haiku 4.5, and Claude Fable 5. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

ModelsOpenAI

GPT-5 Mini

Name: GPT-5 Mini
Author: OpenAI

openrouter price docs

Context

400K

tokens

Released

Aug 7, 2025

on OpenRouter

Usage rank

#23

of 28 tracked models

Token share

0.3%

OpenRouter · Aug 20, 2026

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$0.1350%

OpenRouter · Aug 7, 2026

Output $/MTok

$1.0050%

OpenRouter · Aug 7, 2026

Cache read $/MTok

$0.013

OpenRouter

Current GPT-5 Mini prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	openai/gpt-5-mini:batch	$0.13	$1.00	$0.013	—	400K	Aug 7, 2026	50%
models.dev	cortecs/gpt-5-mini	$0.28	$2.19	$0.056	—	400K	Aug 7, 2026	11.6%
llm-prices.com	gpt-5-mini	$0.25	$2.00	$0.025	—	—	Aug 6, 2026	—

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

3 sources tracking

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jan 1, 2023

Specs

Context & availability

GPT-5 Mini specifications.
Provider	OpenAI
Context window	400K tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	Aug 7, 2025
Tracked price sources	llm-prices.com · OpenRouter · models.dev
OpenRouter slugs	openai/gpt-5-mini · openai/gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: gpt-5-mini

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day · to Aug 20, 2026

source: OpenRouter model rankings · share of tracked coding-token volume

0.3% on Aug 20, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for GPT-5 Mini.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
swe-bench-multilingual	mini v2.0.0a0 gpt 5 mini	39.7%	Feb 13, 2026	swebench-experiments
AA Agentic Index	openai/gpt-5-mini:batch	19.4index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Coding Index	openai/gpt-5-mini	15.6index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Agentic Index	openai/gpt-5-mini	19.4index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Intelligence Index	openai/gpt-5-mini	25.3index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Intelligence Index	openai/gpt-5-mini:batch	25.3index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Coding Index	openai/gpt-5-mini:batch	15.6index	—	or-embedded-aa

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Similar models

Alternatives to GPT-5 Mini by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
40	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	45.3B	—	vs GPT-5 Mini
42	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	38.4B	31.5%	vs GPT-5 Mini
39	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	47B	44.5%	vs GPT-5 Mini
38	Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle	49.2B	3.6%	vs GPT-5 Mini

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

FAQ

GPT-5 Mini FAQ

How much does GPT-5 Mini cost per token?: GPT-5 Mini is priced at $0.13 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Aug 7, 2026.
What is GPT-5 Mini's context window?: GPT-5 Mini supports a context window of up to 400K tokens, per OpenAI.
How good is GPT-5 Mini at coding?: GPT-5 Mini scores 39.7% on swe-bench-multilingual (Feb 13, 2026). Its full benchmark table is above.
What are the alternatives to GPT-5 Mini?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Claude Haiku 4.5, and Claude Fable 5. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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