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GPT-5 Mini

GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost. GPT-5 Mini is the successor to OpenAI's o4-mini model.

8/7/2025
400,000 tokens
#86 Vision (Overall)

Specifications

Modalities

Input
text
image
file
Output
text

Supported Parameters

include_reasoning
max_tokens
reasoning
response_format
seed
structured_outputs
tool_choice
tools

Max Output Tokens

128,000

Reasoning Configuration

Default
Thinking on (effort: medium)
Selectable effort levels
high
medium
low
minimal
Turning thinking off
Not possible (always thinks)

How to control thinking, and what it costs

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Mini available on FastMetal?
Not at the moment. GPT-5.6 Sol, from the same lab, is available on the FastMetal API today.
What is the context window of GPT-5 Mini?
400,000 tokens, shared between the prompt and the response.
How does GPT-5 Mini rank?
#106 on the public arena's Japanese board (ELO 1,364). Ranks move as the leaderboard is updated.

Leaderboard

Text
OverallELO: 1,389
#161
JapaneseELO: 1,364
#106
ChineseELO: 1,405
#163
KoreanELO: 1,321
#151
EnglishELO: 1,397
#167
frenchELO: 1,408
#143
germanELO: 1,386
#128
spanishELO: 1,371
#163
russianELO: 1,377
#160
CodingELO: 1,431
#171
MathELO: 1,405
#136
Creative WritingELO: 1,323
#194
Instruction FollowingELO: 1,372
#169
Hard PromptsELO: 1,403
#168
Multi-TurnELO: 1,372
#178
Vision
OverallELO: 1,182
#86