GPT-4o mini Search Preview is OpenAI's language model with a 128K context window and up to 16K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.15 / 1M input and $0.6 / 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.
Specifications
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 · 3 years ago

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

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandardBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
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$0.15$0.6$0.075$0.075$0.3
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$0.15$0.6N/A

Cost Calculator

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Preset:

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
GPT-5.4 Mini400K$0.375$2.25Available
GPT-5 Mini1.0M$0.125$1.00Available
GPT-5 Mini MediumAvailable
GPT-5.4 Mini MediumAvailable
GPT-5.4 Mini Non-ReasoningAvailable
GPT-5 Mini MinimalAvailable
GPT-4.1 Mini1.0M$0.200$0.800Deprecating
GPT-4o mini Search Preview128K$0.150$0.600Current
GPT-4o mini Audio128K$0.150$0.600Available
GPT-4o mini131K$0.075$0.300Available
GPT-4o mini Audio$10.00$20.00Available

Other Models

ModelTierReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1M
GPT-5.6 Sol1.1M$2.50$15.00
GPT-5.6 Terra1.1M$1.00$6.00
GPT-5.6 Luna1.1M$0.100$0.600
GPT-5.51.1M$2.50$15.00
GPT-5.4 NanoNano400K$0.100$0.625
GPT-5.41.1M$1.25$7.50
GPT-5.3 Codex400K$1.75$14.00
GPT-5.2 Codex400K$1.75$14.00
GPT-5.2410K$0.875$7.00
GPT-5.1410K$0.625$5.00

Model IDs

gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11
openai-gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview