GPT-4o Mini (07-18)
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) is a legacy integration reference; evaluate GPT-4o-mini before starting new work.
Use it for
- Teams maintaining an existing integration
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
- Buyers comparing 3 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- New production launches
- Family
- GPT-4o
- Released
- 2024-07-18
- Context
- 128k
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2023-10
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
- Weights
- Not released
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
Cheapest of 3 routes · OpenAI API · cache read $0.075
This model is deprecated. OpenAI recommends switching to GPT-4o-mini.
About
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) is OpenAI's GPT-4o model. It is deprecated (originally released 2024-07-18); use it only for reproducing earlier results or evaluating drift over time.
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) is a proprietary model in the GPT-4o family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window, vision, structured outputs, and code execution. This page tracks provider routes through OpenAI API, OpenRouter, and Replicate API, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.15 input and $0.6 output per 1M tokens. Headline tracked benchmarks include Aider Polyglot 3.6 and BigCodeBench 46.1.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
2 relevant benchmarks in the decision map.
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Agents
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 3Compare API pricing across 3 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Batch in / out | Cache | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | $0.150 | $0.600 | $0.075 / $0.300 | read $0.075 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $0.150 | $0.600 | - | - | Serverless |
| Replicate API | $0.150 | $0.600 | - | - | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(15)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router that analyzes incoming requests and routes to the optimal model for cost/quality/latency via a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API, with a privacy-preserving embedding mode that avoids sending prompt content.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Kong AI Gateway
GatewayMulti-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(2)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Evaluation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 3.6 | 2026-04Observed 2026-04-14 | — | Source |
| BigCodeBench | 46.1 | 2025-01 (Instruct Pass@1)Observed 2026-04-14 | — | Source |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
API versions
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Comparison and alternatives
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What is the context window of GPT-4o Mini (07-18)?
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does GPT-4o Mini (07-18) cost?
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) is available at $0.15/1M input tokens through OpenAI API.
When was GPT-4o Mini (07-18) released?
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) was released on 2024-07-18.
Which providers offer GPT-4o Mini (07-18)?
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) is available from 3 providers: OpenAI API, OpenRouter, Replicate API.
What benchmarks has GPT-4o Mini (07-18) been tested on?
GPT-4o Mini (07-18) has been evaluated on 2 benchmarks, including Aider Polyglot, BigCodeBench.
Cheapest of 3 routes · OpenAI API · cache read $0.075