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GPT-5 Image Mini Pricing

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OpenAI · 400K tokens context

GPT-5 Image Mini from OpenAI costs $2.50 per 1 million input tokens and $2.00 per 1 million output tokens as of June 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 400,000-token context window (approximately 300,000 words) with a 128K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0025 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0250.

GPT-5 Image Mini pricing and capability summary
Input price$2.50 / 1M tokens
Output price$2.00 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio0.8×
Context window400,000 tokens (~300,000 words)
Maximum output128,000 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0025
TierFast
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GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI's advanced language capabilities, powered by GPT-5 Mini, with GPT Image 1 Mini for efficient image generation. This natively multimodal model features superior instruction following, text...

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Input Price

$2.50

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$2.00

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

400K tokens

max 128K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.00333$0.0008
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.00833$0.002
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.0125$0.003
100K token document100,000$0.25$0.06

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Large 400K-token context window
  • Low latency for high-throughput workloads
  • Multimodal: understands images as well as text

Limitations

  • Less capable than flagship models on complex reasoning
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

High-volume classification
Text extraction and summarization
Simple chat and Q&A
Cost-sensitive pipelines

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