Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini vs OpenAI: GPT Audio

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $8.00Monthly delta: $480

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.

MetricOpenAI: GPT-5 Image MiniOpenAI: GPT Audio
Developeropenaiopenai
Context Window400,000128,000
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$2.50$2.50
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$2.00$10.00
Projected Monthly Cost$420$900
Vision✅ Yes❌ No
Tool Calling✅ Yes❌ No
Structured Output✅ Yes✅ Yes
Reasoning✅ Yes❌ No
Web Search❌ No❌ No
MMLU ScoreN/AN/A

Price History

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7Mar 16
$2.00$2.25$2.50Mar 7Mar 9Mar 12Mar 14Mar 16

Current Input / 1M

$2.50

Current Output / 1M

$2.00

Price History

OpenAI: GPT Audio Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7Mar 16
$2.50$6.25$10.00Mar 7Mar 9Mar 12Mar 14Mar 16

Current Input / 1M

$2.50

Current Output / 1M

$10.00

Cost Calculator

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OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini

$420

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Lower cost

OpenAI: GPT Audio

$900

per month

Live Recommendation

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini saves $480/mo at this workload
Open OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini model pageOpen OpenAI: GPT Audio model page

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