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Why use o3 Mini on Azure OpenAI?
Azure OpenAI offers o3 Mini with competitive pricing. Azure OpenAI Service hosts OpenAI's GPT-4o, GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and embedding models on Microsoft Azure with enterprise SLAs.
Compare o3 Mini across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
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Output / 1M
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Cache
Not sourced
Batch
in $0.15 / out $0.60
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import AzureOpenAI
client = AzureOpenAI(
azure_endpoint=os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"], # e.g. https://{resource}.openai.azure.comModel ID
o3-miniRequest example
import os
from openai import AzureOpenAI
client = AzureOpenAI(
azure_endpoint=os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"], # e.g. https://{resource}.openai.azure.com
api_key=os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY"],
api_version="2024-02-01"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="o3-mini", # your deployment name
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- o3-mini is your Azure deployment name, not the underlying model name. Deployment names are set when you deploy a model in Azure AI Foundry / Azure OpenAI Studio.
- The examples expect AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare o3 Mini Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $1.10 | $4.40 |
| Azure OpenAI | — | — |
| OpenAI API | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.10 | $4.40 |
Capabilities
ReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt Caching
About o3 Mini
OpenAI o3-mini - cost-optimized reasoning model. Compact variant of reasoning model family.
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Model Specs
Released2025-01-31
Context200k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-04