GPT-5 mini vs GPT-4o
Rank, tier, score and price side by side, from our weekly rankings. Scores are editorial opinion based on public sources.
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GPT-5 mini
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GPT-4o
- ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
- Rank#77Higher rank#79
- TierBB
- Score64.9Higher score60.4
- PriceBundled with ChatGPT plans · API ~$0.25/$2.00 per 1M tokensLower price tierAPI $2.50 input / $10 output per 1M tokens; no longer offered in ChatGPT
- TaglineOpenAI's cost-efficient GPT-5 variant aimed at general-purpose tasks with a 400K-token context.OpenAI's 2024 multimodal GPT model, retired from ChatGPT in early 2026 and still available in the API.
| Attribute | GPT-5 mini | GPT-4o |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Rank | #77Higher rank | #79 |
| Tier | B | B |
| Score | 64.9Higher score | 60.4 |
| Price | Bundled with ChatGPT plans · API ~$0.25/$2.00 per 1M tokensLower price tier | API $2.50 input / $10 output per 1M tokens; no longer offered in ChatGPT |
| Tagline | OpenAI's cost-efficient GPT-5 variant aimed at general-purpose tasks with a 400K-token context. | OpenAI's 2024 multimodal GPT model, retired from ChatGPT in early 2026 and still available in the API. |