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GPT-4.1 Mini Pricing Calculator
Balanced performance and cost with 1M context. One typical prompt costs $0.0010 (0.1¢) on GPT-4.1 Mini. Paste your own prompt below to compare it with other models.
GPT-4.1 Mini is still available, but OpenAI has released newer models.
Current OpenAI models: GPT-6 Astra pricing, GPT-6.1 Sol pricing, GPT-6 Sol pricing.
Source: OpenAI official pricing · verified October 2026.
How many tokens you expect the model to generate per response
Showing a typical prompt (500 input + 500 output tokens) across 27 models. Paste your own prompt above for an exact count.
| Model | Per Prompt | Prompts / $1 | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
GPT-4.1 MiniOlder OpenAI | $0.00100.1¢ | 1,000 | $3.00 |
GPT-6 LunaCheapest OpenAI | $0.0003000.03¢ | 3,333 | $0.9000 |
| Mistral | $0.0003750.037¢ | 2,666 | $1.13 |
| OpenAI (via Together) | $0.0003750.037¢ | 2,666 | $1.13 |
| OpenAI | $0.0007000.07¢ | 1,428 | $2.10 |
| DeepSeek | $0.0007500.075¢ | 1,333 | $2.25 |
| Meta (via Together) | $0.0009250.092¢ | 1,081 | $2.77 |
| Mistral | $0.00100.1¢ | 1,000 | $3.00 |
| $0.00140.14¢ | 714 | $4.20 | |
| xAI | $0.00190.19¢ | 533 | $5.63 |
| $0.00220.22¢ | 444 | $6.75 | |
| DeepSeek | $0.00260.26¢ | 378 | $7.92 |
| Meta | $0.00270.27¢ | 363 | $8.25 |
| Anthropic | $0.00300.3¢ | 333 | $9.00 |
| xAI | $0.00400.4¢ | 250 | $12.00 |
| Alibaba (Qwen) | $0.00400.4¢ | 250 | $12.00 |
| Mistral | $0.00450.45¢ | 222 | $13.50 |
| OpenAI | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.00600.6¢ | 166 | $18.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.00700.7¢ | 142 | $21.00 |
| $0.00700.7¢ | 142 | $21.00 | |
| Moonshot AI | $0.00900.9¢ | 111 | $27.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.0120 | 83 | $36.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.0120 | 83 | $36.00 |
| OpenAI | $0.0300 | 33 | $90.00 |
| Anthropic | $0.0300 | 33 | $90.00 |
Prices from official provider pricing pages, verified October 2026.
How Much Does GPT-4.1 Mini Cost?
| Prompts | Cost (500 in + 500 out tokens each) |
|---|---|
| 1 prompt | $0.0010 |
| 100 prompts | $0.1000 |
| 1,000 prompts | $1.00 |
| 10,000 prompts | $10.00 |
| 100,000 prompts | $100.00 |
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| Input price | $0.40 / 1M |
|---|---|
| Output price | $1.60 / 1M |
| Cached input | $0.10 / 1M |
| Typical prompt | $0.0010 |
| Batch discount | 50% off |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 32,768 tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jun 2024 |
| Input types | Text, Images, PDF |
| Reasoning mode | No |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | April 14, 2025 |
| Status | Older, still available |
Comparisons with GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-4.1 Mini — Frequently Asked Questions
GPT-4.1 Mini is still available, but OpenAI has released newer models.
A typical prompt of 500 input tokens with a 500-token answer costs $0.0010 (0.1¢) on GPT-4.1 Mini. That means $1 buys about 1,000 prompts. Longer prompts and answers cost proportionally more.
With 500 input and 500 output tokens per request, GPT-4.1 Mini costs $1.00 per 1,000 requests. Input tokens are $0.40 per million and output tokens $1.60 per million.
GPT-4.1 Mini costs the same per prompt as Mistral Large 3. GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40/$1.60 per million tokens (input/output) vs Mistral Large 3's $0.50/$1.50.
GPT-4.1 Mini accepts text, images and PDFs, writes up to 32,768 tokens per response, has a knowledge cutoff of June 2024 and has no reasoning mode. Its context window is 1M tokens.
GPT-4.1 Mini supports 1M tokens (1,047,576) — the maximum combined length of your prompt and the model's answer in one request.
At 10,000 requests per day with 500 input + 500 output tokens each, GPT-4.1 Mini costs about $300.00/month. Use the calculator above with your real prompt and volume.