GPT-5 Mini vs o4 Mini Deep Research (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: GPT-5 Mini vs. o4 Mini Deep Research
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Overview
GPT-5 Mini was released 2 months before o4 Mini Deep Research.
 GPT-5 Mini | o4 Mini Deep Research | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | OpenAI | OpenAI |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 400K tokens | 200K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 128K tokens | 100K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | August 7, 2025 11 months ago August 7th, 2025 | October 10, 2025 9 months ago October 10th, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | May 31, 2024 | Not reported |
Capabilities & Features
Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
GPT-5 Mini | o4 Mini Deep Research | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text🖼️Image📁File | 📁File🖼️Image📝Text |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Always enabledEffort: High, Medium, Low, MinimalDefault: Medium | Optional |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | GPT | GPT |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning Mode✓Content Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning Mode✓Content Moderation |
Pricing
GPT-5 Mini is roughly 0.1x less expensive compared to o4 Mini Deep Research for input tokens and roughly 0.3x less expensive for output tokens.
| GPT-5 Mini | o4 Mini Deep Research | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.25 per million tokens | $2.00 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $2.00 per million tokens | $8.00 per million tokens |
Web Search Cost Additional cost for each web search operation | $0.01 per search | $0.01 per search |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.02 per million tokens | $0.50 per million tokens |
Benchmarks
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| GPT-5 Mini | o4 Mini Deep Research | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | 25.3 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 15.6 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 19.4 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | 1,186 Elo (#58 in Game Dev (46.5% win rate)) | Benchmark not available. |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes GPT-5 Mini and o4 Mini Deep Research unique.
GPT-5 Mini by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 400K token context window. Reasonably priced at $0.25/M input and $2.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released August 7th, 2025.o4 Mini Deep Research by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $8.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released October 10th, 2025.Explore More Comparisons
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