Comparison · prices as of 2026-07-04
GPT-5.1 vs GPT-5 mini
On price alone, GPT-5 mini (OpenAI) runs about 80% cheaper than GPT-5.1 for a typical chat workload (2K input + 500 output tokens, 1,000 requests/day). Whether that's the right trade depends on the capability gap — pricing below, verify quality on your own evals.
| Spec | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Input / MTok | $1.25 | $0.25 |
| Output / MTok | $10 | $2 |
| Context window | 400K | 400K |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| Class | frontier | workhorse |
| Reference workload / month | $225.00 | $45.00 |
Sources: OpenAI pricing · OpenAI pricing. Run your own numbers in the cost calculator.