OpenAI API exposes GPT-5 Mini through model ID gpt-5-mini. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.
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Code Examples
Install
pip install openaiAPI key
OPENAI_API_KEYModel ID
gpt-5-miniUse the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5-mini",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Pricing on OpenAI API
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.25 |
| Output tokens | $2.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch API
About GPT-5 Mini
Near-frontier intelligence for cost-sensitive, low-latency, high-volume workloads. Released August 2025. Replaces o4-mini (shutting down Oct 2026).
Model Specs
Released2025-08-07
Context400k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2024-05