GPT-5 Mini
GPT-5 Mini is a OpenAI model listed in the NextModel catalog for image understanding, multimodal chat workloads. Its listed price is $0.25 / 1M tokens input and $2 / 1M tokens output, with a 400k token context window.
What is GPT-5 Mini in NextModel?
GPT-5 Mini is a OpenAI model listed in the NextModel catalog for image understanding, multimodal chat workloads. Its listed price is $0.25 / 1M tokens input and $2 / 1M tokens output, with a 400k token context window.
GPT-5 Mini via NextModel: 400k-token context; $0.25 / 1M tokens in / $2 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
Best use cases
- image understanding
- multimodal chat
OpenAI-compatible code example
curl https://api.nextmodel.app/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NEXTMODEL_API_KEY" \
-d '{"model":"openai/gpt-5-mini","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Reply with OK."}]}'Switching models only changes the model field.
Similar alternatives
GPT-4.1 via NextModel: 1M-token context; $2 / 1M tokens in / $8 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
GPT-4.1 Mini via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.4 / 1M tokens in / $1.60 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
GPT-4.1 Nano via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.1 / 1M tokens in / $0.4 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
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