openai / text-to-image API-only released 2025-10-16

GPT-5 Image Mini

GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI's advanced language capabilities, powered by [GPT-5 Mini](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5-mini), with GPT Image 1 Mini for efficient image generation. This natively multimodal model features superior instruction following, text...

Input / 1M
$2.50
Output / 1M
$2.00
Context
400K
AA Intelligence
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Closed weights — available only as a hosted API file + image + text → image + text View on OpenRouter ↗

Pricing

via OpenRouter · USD per 1M tokens · synced 2026-10-24
$2.50
input / 1M
$2.00
output / 1M
$0.25
cached input / 1M
$4.50
1M in + 1M out
Context window
400,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens
Providers
1
Cheapest provider
OpenAI · $2.50 / $2.00
Best throughput
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AA Intelligence / Coding / Agentic
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✗ Tool calling ✓ Reasoning ✓ Structured outputs ✓ Image input ✓ File input ✗ Audio input ✓ Prompt caching

Price history

tracking started — chart appears after 7 days of snapshots (6 recorded)
Current: $2.50 input · $2.00 output per 1M tokens

Benchmarks

Third-party indices as published through OpenRouter — Artificial Analysis and Design Arena. Not measured by us.

AA Intelligence Index
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AA Coding Index
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AA Agentic Index
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Design Arena
CategoryEloWin %Rank
graphicdesign 1165 47.7% #11
image 1181 51% #11
logo 1209 51.4% #8

Providers

1 provider · per 1M tokens · last 30 min metrics
ProviderQuantContextInputOutputUptimeTok/s
OpenAI unknown 400K $2.50 $2.00 100% —
Provider data from OpenRouter's endpoint listing, refreshed daily.

Specifications

Organisation
openai
Released on OpenRouter
2025-10-16
Context window
400,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens
Input
file, image, text
Output
image, text
Tokenizer
GPT
Moderated by provider
Yes
OpenRouter id
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
Prices, context and providers from the public OpenRouter API, snapshotted daily; benchmark indices from Artificial Analysis. See /methodology.