Azure OpenAI exposes o3 Mini through model ID o3-mini. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.
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Quick Start
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Code Examples
Install
pip install openaiAPI key
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEYModel ID
o3-minio3-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.
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)Pricing on Azure OpenAI
Capabilities
ReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt Caching
About o3 Mini
OpenAI o3-mini - cost-optimized reasoning model. Compact variant of reasoning model family.
Model Specs
Released2025-01-31
Context200k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-04