GPT-5 Image Mini: per-image pricing and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

GPT-5 Image Mini is billed per image rather than per million tokens, so the table’s token columns do not apply here.

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Capabilities
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
API $/1M (in / out)
$2.5 / $2
Context window
400K tokens
Price / mo
API only
OverviewReviews

GPT-5 Image Mini is an AI model from OpenAI, priced at $2.5 input and $2 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the mid tier of this rating — dearer than 50% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 400K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: vision, image generation, structured JSON output, batch API, priority / fast tier. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$2.5 / $2per 1M tokens, in / out
Context400K tokenstokens per conversation
VendorOpenAIall models from this vendor
TierMiddearer than 50% of models

Cost calculator

Standard$2.13AED 8 per month
With batch −50%$1.06AED 4 per month
With caching on input$1.56AED 6 per month
Standard$21.25AED 78 per month
With batch −50%$10.63AED 39 per month
With caching on input$15.63AED 57 per month
Standard$106AED 390 per month
With batch −50%$53.13AED 195 per month
With caching on input$78.13AED 287 per month
Standard$425AED 1,561 per month
With batch −50%$213AED 780 per month
With caching on input$313AED 1,148 per month

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How GPT-5 Image Mini sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

Qwen3.6 Plus
Cheaper
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.325 / $1.951M tokens
Qwen3.6 27B
Closest match
Alibaba (Qwen)
$0.3 / $2262.1K tokens
Kimi K2.5
Step up
Moonshot AI
$0.45 / $2.25262.1K tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit
  • Reading screenshots, charts, scanned documents and photos.
  • High-volume routing, classification and autocomplete.
Poor fit
  • Long multi-step reasoning, where a larger model finishes in fewer attempts.
  • Integrations that depend on structured function calls.

Related filters

Vision159 models that read images
Image generation9 models that create and edit images
Batch API146 models with half-price async processing
Low latency76 small, fast models for volume
MultilingualAll 245 models work beyond English
OpenAI30 models from this vendor
All 245 modelsThe full rating with filters and prices

Frequently asked questions

How much does GPT-5 Image Mini cost?

$2.5 / $2 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 9.18 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of GPT-5 Image Mini?

400K tokens in a single conversation.

What can GPT-5 Image Mini do?

In this rating it is recorded with: vision, image generation, structured JSON output, batch API, priority / fast tier, low latency, multilingual, proprietary API.

Is GPT-5 Image Mini a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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