GPT-5 (2025-08-07) vs GPT-5 mini

Name: GPT-5 mini
Brand: OpenAI
Price: 0.250000 USD

GPT-5 (2025-08-07) vs GPT-5 mini: GPT-5 mini is cheaper by 80% on average. GPT-5 (2025-08-07) from Azure OpenAI (272,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. GPT-5 mini from OpenAI (272,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.

Side-by-side cost

Live workload comparison

Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.

Input tokens / request3,000

0272,000

Output tokens / request400

0128,000

Requests / day5,000

01,000,000

GPT-5 (2025-08-07)

Azure OpenAI

$1,179/mo

Input $1.25/M · Output $10.00/M

GPT-5 miniCheaper

OpenAI

$236/mo

Input $0.250/M · Output $2.00/M

At this workload, GPT-5 mini is 80% cheaper than GPT-5 (2025-08-07) — a savings of $944/month ($11,323/year).

Production recipe — Agent Command Center

strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: gpt-5-mini
  provider: openai
fallback:
  model: gpt-5-2025-08-07
  provider: azure-openai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live

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	GPT-5 (2025-08-07) Azure OpenAI	GPT-5 mini OpenAI
Input price	$1.25/M	$0.250/M
Output price	$10.00/M	$2.00/M
Context window	272,000	272,000
Max output	128,000	128,000
Function calling	✓	✓
Vision	✓	✓
Audio input	—	—
Reasoning	✓	✓
Prompt caching	✓	✓
Structured output	✓	✓
Pricing verified	May 12, 2026	May 12, 2026