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title: "GPT-4.1-mini — LLM-TEST.com"
url: /models/gpt-4-1-mini/
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language: en
type: model
summary: "A smaller, cheaper GPT-4.1 variant that keeps the large context window while cutting cost and latency. A solid mid-budget option for high-volume work that still needs long inputs."
last_updated: "2026-11-05"
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# GPT-4.1-mini

_OpenAI · Balanced_

A smaller, cheaper GPT-4.1 variant that keeps the large context window while cutting cost and latency. A solid mid-budget option for high-volume work that still needs long inputs.

## At a glance

- Released: Apr 14, 2025
- Provider: OpenAI
- Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output: 32,000 tokens
- Modalities: Text + image → text
- Knowledge cutoff: June 2024
- API model ID: `gpt-4.1-mini`
- License: Proprietary (API only)

## Pricing

- Standard: $0.40 input / $1.60 output per 1M tokens
- Batch: $0.20 input / $0.80 output per 1M tokens
- Example: a 1,500-token prompt + 650-token answer ≈ $0.002 (standard)

## What's new vs GPT-4o-mini (July 2024)

- Far larger context than GPT-4o-mini
- Improved reasoning and coding for its size
- Better instruction following
- Less capable than full GPT-4.1

## Best use cases

- **High-volume processing** — Handles large batches of long documents cheaply.
- **Scalable assistants** — Serves cost-sensitive chat with long context.
- **Extraction** — Parses structured data from big inputs.

## Strengths

- Large context at low cost
- Fast
- Good value
- Multimodal input

## Limitations

- Less depth than GPT-4.1
- Older cutoff

## Where to get access

- Consumer app: ChatGPT (web, desktop, mobile) — https://chatgpt.com
- API: the OpenAI Platform — https://platform.openai.com
- Also available: Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service
- Docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs

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