Model · OpenAI
Calculate cost at scale for the GPT-5 mini efficient tier.
GPT-5 mini is OpenAI's high-throughput efficient model, ideal for high-volume drafting, summarization and routing. At $0.25 / $2.00 per million tokens, it is one of the most cost-effective frontier-class models on the market.
Input price
$0.25
per 1M tokens
Output price
$2
per 1M tokens
Context window
128K
Provider
OpenAI
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Embedded in core workflows. Mixed adoption.
AI-assisted tasks
3 / 3Annual estimate
$1.7K
Total token OpEx for 50 employees · GPT-5 mini
Tokens per employee / year54.00M
Total tokens / year2.70B
Input tokens2.11B78%
Output tokens594.00M22%
Cost per employee / year$34.29
Avg daily tokens / employee225.0K
Blended price$0.25 in · $2.00 out / 1M tokens
Working days assumed220
Task coverage100%
Strengths
- Very low cost per token
- Strong throughput
- Good instruction following
- Solid summarization
Best for
- Customer support
- Bulk content generation
- Routing and classification
- Background tasks
Frequently asked questions
›When should I choose GPT-5 mini over GPT-5?
Choose GPT-5 mini for any workload where latency, throughput or per-token cost matters more than the last 5–10% of reasoning quality.