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GPT-5.4 Nano vs Inkling Small

List-price comparison ·GPT-5.4 Nano details ·Inkling Small details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), GPT-5.4 Nano is the cheapest — 42% less than the priciest here ($74.00/mo vs $127.20/mo).

 GPT-5.4 NanoInkling Small
Input / 1M tokens$0.200$0.580
Output / 1M tokens$1.25$1.44
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0007$0.0013
Context window400k tokens524,288 tokens
Max output128k tokens262,144 tokens
Quality score62/10058/100
TierFlashFlash
ProviderOpenAIThinking Machines

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moGPT-5.4 NanoInkling Small
1,000$0.74$1.27
10,000$7.40$12.72
100,000$74.00$127.20
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GPT-5.4 Nano

Cheapest OpenAI option for high-throughput classification, tagging, and routing — ideal as a first-pass filter before a stronger model.

Limited reasoning depth means it should be treated as a triage layer, not a final answer source, for anything business-critical.

Inkling Small

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