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Using GPT-5 Mini on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · GPT-5 · OpenAI

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OpenRouter exposes GPT-5 Mini through model ID openai/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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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-mini — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.25/1M input, $2.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (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).

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Model Specs

Released2025-08-07
Context400k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2024-05

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Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA