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GPT-4o-mini vs GPT-5 Mini

Head to head on 18 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

0.0%46.7%40.0%60.2%1310elo68.7%5.1%45.6%69.1%68.2%65.3%75.5%54.5%77.5%66.9%36.9%75.2%0.49---0.0%1.130.0%-0.1520.0%25.0%-1.7100.0%18.1%2.8%100.0%-66.7%56.20.0%88.3%27.2%60.0%100.0%90.0%---47.2%80.0%-55.2%82.2%68.3%0.0%1.541.54-43.0%-80.6%80.0%-9.0%43.0%-16.8%4.9539.7%59.8%-14.4%0.0%9.5%0.0%86.1%39.21272.1114.2%---86.0%86.0%-31.9%47.9%
GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

3.6%14.7%0.0%45.5%871elo42.6%4.2%31.0%47.2%43.0%65.8%32.9%23.4%64.8%54.5%22.9%60.5%0.3616.7%11.7%50.7%------0.29-----0.0%--------0.0%1.540.0%--72.0%------78.9%-62.8%--78.0%--3.81----100.0%--------0.7883.3%54.5%--22.5%-39.6%
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AttributeGPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4o Mini is an AI model from OpenAI.GPT-5 mini is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPTGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released18 Jul 20247 Aug 2025
Context128,000400,000
Input $/1M$0.15$0.25
Output $/1M$0.60$2.00
Cache read $/1M$0.075$0.025
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, filetext, image, file
Providers--
PublisherOpenAIOpenAI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GPT-4o-mini or GPT-5 Mini better?
Across the 18 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 Mini leads on 16 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4o-mini and GPT-5 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4o-mini scores 42.6% and GPT-5 Mini scores 68.7% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o-mini or GPT-5 Mini?
GPT-4o-mini is cheaper at $0.60 per million output tokens against $2.00 for GPT-5 Mini - about 3.3x.
When were GPT-4o-mini and GPT-5 Mini released?
GPT-4o-mini was released 18 Jul 2024 by OpenAI. GPT-5 Mini was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.

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