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summary: "A small, cost-efficient reasoning model that delivers much of o-series thinking at far lower price. The practical pick for high-volume tasks that still benefit from deliberate reasoning."
last_updated: "2026-11-05"
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# o4-mini

_OpenAI · Reasoning_

A small, cost-efficient reasoning model that delivers much of o-series thinking at far lower price. The practical pick for high-volume tasks that still benefit from deliberate reasoning.

## At a glance

- Released: Apr 16, 2025
- Provider: OpenAI
- Context window: 200,000 tokens
- Max output: 64,000 tokens
- Modalities: Text + image → text
- Knowledge cutoff: March 2024
- API model ID: `o4-mini`
- License: Proprietary (API only)

## Pricing

- Standard: $1.10 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens
- Batch: $0.55 input / $2.20 output per 1M tokens
- Example: a 1,500-token prompt + 650-token answer ≈ $0.005 (standard)

## What's new vs o3-mini (January 2025)

- Better reasoning quality than o3-mini
- Added image input
- Strong price-to-reasoning ratio
- Less depth than full o3

## Best use cases

- **Scalable reasoning** — Runs deliberate problem-solving at high volume cheaply.
- **Coding tasks** — Handles logic-heavy development with quick turnaround.
- **STEM support** — Assists with math and science at modest cost.

## Strengths

- Cost-efficient reasoning
- Faster than o3
- Multimodal input
- Good value

## Limitations

- Less depth than o3
- 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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