GPT-5 Mini pricing
Source: litellm · updated 2026-10-27
Short answer: GPT-5 Mini costs $0.250 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $0.688 per million tokens, ranking it #270 of 704 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.250 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $2.00 |
| Output รท input multiple | 8.00× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $0.688 |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $0.250 | $0.500 | $0.750 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $2.50 | $5.00 | $7.50 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $25.00 | $50.00 | $75.00 |
Other github_copilot models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.100 | $0.500 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.200 | $1.20 |
| Mai Code 1.1 Flash | $0.200 | $1.20 |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | $0.750 | $4.50 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | $1.75 | $14.00 |
Compare against
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Qwen 3.5 Plus at $0.300 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 70 B at $0.700 per 1M input tokens.