GPT-4o-mini Search Preview
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
- Workloads that can use a 128k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Family
- GPT-4o
- Released
- 2025-02-26
- Context
- 128k
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2023-10
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
Cheapest of 2 routes · OpenRouter
About
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview available via OpenRouter. Pricing: $0.15/1M input, $0.6/1M output.
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is a proprietary model in the GPT-4o family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.15 input and $0.6 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for GPT-4o-mini Search Preview yet.
Top use-case fit
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Classification
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 2Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.150 | $0.600 | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.150 | $0.600 | Serverless |
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor RAG
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of GPT-4o-mini Search Preview?
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview has a context window of 128k tokens.
How much does GPT-4o-mini Search Preview cost?
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is available at $0.15/1M input tokens through OpenRouter.
When was GPT-4o-mini Search Preview released?
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview was released on 2025-02-26.
Which providers offer GPT-4o-mini Search Preview?
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is available from 2 providers: OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway.
Cheapest of 2 routes · OpenRouter