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GPT-4o mini Search Preview


GPT-4o mini Search Preview is OpenAI logoOpenAI's language model with a 128K context window and up to 16K output tokens, available from 3 providers, starting at $0.150 / 1M input and $0.600 / 1M output. A specialized GPT-4o mini variant trained to execute web search queries within the Chat Completions API for grounded, up-to-date responses.
Spec
Canonical IDopenai-gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorOpenAIOpenAI
Providers
Context Window128K tokens
Max Output16K tokens
Input ModalitiesImagePdfText
Output ModalitiesText
Release Date · 1 year ago
Knowledge Cutoff

Capabilities

Input3/5
Text
Image
Audio·
Video·
PDF
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities6/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling
Parallel Function Calling
Structured Outputs
Native JSON Schema
Web Search
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

ProviderStandardBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Web Search
$ / query
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
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OpenAI
gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11
$0.150$0.600$0.075N/A$0.075$0.300
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OpenRouter
openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
$0.150$0.600N/A$0.028
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Vercel AI Gateway
openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
$0.150$0.600N/AN/A

Cost Calculator

Preset:
Compares every provider & tier in USD

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
GPT-5 Mini Image400K$2.50$2.00Available
GPT-5 Mini400K$0.250$2.00Available
GPT-5 Mini MediumAvailable
GPT-5 Mini MinimalAvailable
GPT-4.1 Mini1.0M$0.400$1.60Deprecating
GPT-4o mini Transcribe16K$1.25$5.00Available
GPT-4o mini TTS$0.600$10.00Available
GPT-4o mini Search Preview128K$0.150$0.600Current
GPT-4o mini Audio128K$0.150$0.600Available
GPT-4o mini Realtime128K$0.600$2.40Available
GPT-4o mini131K$0.150$0.600Available

Other models

ModelTierReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1M
GPT-5 Image400K$10.00$10.00
GPT-5 Pro400K$15.00$120.00
GPT-5 Codex400K$1.25$10.00
GPT-5410K$1.25$10.00
GPT-5 Chat128K$1.25$10.00
GPT-5 NanoNano400K$0.050$0.400
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GPT-5 Minimal

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