per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini
openai/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...
Price
per 1M tokens
Providers
Each row is one seller. Prices are the published rate from that source. A dash means that source did not publish the amount. Sorted by a 3:1 blend of input and output.
| Provider | Tag | Quant | Input | Output | Context | Uptime | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | openai | — | $2.5/1M | $2/1M | 400K | 100% | Live | openrouter-endpoints |
Monthly bill
Token models use the token counts. Image, video, and audio models use units times the flat rate.
$4.50 at list price for this workload
Cache
per 1M tokens
Tiers
- Web search
- $0.01 per request
- Image output
- $8 per 1M tokens
Every rate
| Unit | Input | Output | Flat | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| token | $2.5/1M | $2/1M | Not published— | official |
Price history
input or flat output
Daily snapshots
| UTC date | Unit | Input | Output | Flat |
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| 2026-09-15 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-16 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-17 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-18 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-19 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-20 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-21 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-22 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
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| 2026-09-24 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-25 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-26 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-27 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-28 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-29 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-09-30 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-01 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-02 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-03 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-04 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
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| 2026-10-08 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-09 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-10 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-11 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-12 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-13 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-14 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-15 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-16 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-17 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-18 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-19 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-20 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-21 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-22 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-23 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-24 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-25 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-26 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-27 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-28 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-29 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
| 2026-10-30 | token | $2.5 | $2 | Not published— |
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Parameters (11)
Call this model
OpenRouter id openai/gpt-5-image-mini. InferenceList does not send the request.
curl
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"openai/gpt-5-image-mini","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
JavaScript
await fetch("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: "Bearer " + process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
model: "openai/gpt-5-image-mini",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
}),
});
Python
import os, json, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions",
data=json.dumps({"model": "openai/gpt-5-image-mini", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json"},
)
print(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode())