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Using GPT-5 Image Mini on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · GPT-5 · OpenAI

Serverless

OpenRouter exposes GPT-5 Image Mini through model ID openai/gpt-5-image-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

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call openai/gpt-5-image-mini — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $2.50/1M input, $2.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$2.50
Output tokens$2.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodal

About GPT-5 Image Mini

GPT-5 Image Mini is a cost-effective image generation model that combines GPT-5 Mini's language capabilities with image generation at 400K context.

Model Specs

Released2025-10-01
Context400k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA