GPT-4o-mini
by OpenAI
GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is m
Models
GPT-4o-mini
Added 10 July 2026
Overview
GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable...
Best for
Best for
Cost-efficient product features and multimodal volume
Use cases
- chat UIs
- vision QA
- extraction
- light coding agents
How to use / API access
Call via OpenRouter with model id `openai/gpt-4o-mini`.
- openrouter ·
openai/gpt-4o-miniDocs
OpenRouter id: openai/gpt-4o-mini
Benchmarks
- Coding Index (artificial-analysis) : 11.4 index
- Agentic Index (artificial-analysis) : 1 index
Enterprise DNA angle
Many EDNA product surfaces start on 4o-mini; Omni keeps fallbacks and evals consistent.
Notes
GPT-4o-mini is listed in the EDNA Models directory from the OpenRouter catalogue.
Pros
- Low cost multimodal workhorse
- Huge ecosystem and SDK familiarity
- Solid for product features at scale
Cons
- Not the top pick for hardest reasoning
- Closed weights
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