Model Cost Profile

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini

Developer: openai

Pricing updated Mar 16, 2026

Input rank: #306Output rank: #227

Live Pricing

Input: $2.50

Output: $2.00

Pricing via OpenRouter API Β· Last synced Mar 16, 2026

OpenAI's GPT-5 Image Mini model is designed for applications requiring extensive context, supporting up to 400,000 tokens, making it suitable for complex image analysis and generation tasks. With an input cost of $2.50 per million tokens and an output cost of $2.00 per million tokens, teams can effectively budget for projects involving large datasets or detailed image descriptions. This model is ideal for industries such as marketing, education, and entertainment, where rich visual content and contextual understanding are essential for enhancing user engagement.

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Context Window

400,000

Tokens

Input Price / 1M

$2.50

Prompt tokens

Output Price / 1M

$2.00

Completion tokens

Top Benchmark

Pending

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Quality & Benchmarks

Evaluation scores for OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini. The β€œTop Benchmark” shown above is the highest-priority score available (MMLU > GPQA > MATH > HumanEval).

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Price History

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini Pricing Trend

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Mar 7 β€” Mar 16
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Current Input / 1M

$2.50

Current Output / 1M

$2.00

Performance History

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini Speed Trend

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