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GPT Audio Mini Pricing
OpenAI · openai-gpt-audio-mini
Input / 1M tokens
$0.600
Output / 1M tokens
$2.40
Context window
128k tokens
≈ 171 pages of text
Max output
16,384 tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0017
1,000 requests / month$1.68/mo10,000 requests / month$16.80/mo100,000 requests / month$168.00/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with GPT Audio Mini preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
Price history
Only one price point recorded so far.
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What it excels at
Cost-effective processing of audio input for transcription, analysis, and voice-based interactions within a 128k context window.
The business tradeoff
Lower reasoning capability than flagship GPT models; output token pricing and audio latency remain higher than pure text mini variants.
Cheaper from OpenAI
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Jun 15, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.