GPT-5.1 Codex Mini
GPT-5.1 Codex Mini is worth evaluating for coding, rag, and agents when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, rag, and agents
- Workloads that can use a 400k context window
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Workloads where another current model has stronger sourced task evidence
- Family
- GPT-5.1
- Released
- 2025-11-13
- Context
- 400k
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-09
- Specialization
- code
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
- Weights
- Not released
- Code
- Unknown
Cheapest of 2 routes · OpenRouter · cache read $0.025
About
GPT-5.1 Codex Mini is a smaller, faster, and more cost-efficient agentic coding model in the GPT-5.1 Codex lineup. Delivers approximately 4x more usage within ChatGPT subscriptions compared to GPT-5.1 Codex Max at a slight capability tradeoff. Priced at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens via API. Available in the Codex CLI and IDE extension, where it is offered automatically when users approach their usage limit.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Included by capability and metadata signals 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 2Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.250 | $2.00 | read $0.025 | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.250 | $2.00 | read $0.025 | Serverless |
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Cheapest of 2 routes · OpenRouter · cache read $0.025