GPT-5 mini (medium)
By OpenAI · released 2025-08-07 (12 months) · snapshot 2026-08-17
- Intelligence index
- 31.60
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $0.25 / $2.00
- End-to-end time
- 19.1s
Is GPT-5 mini (medium) on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Not ranked · benchmark data missing
GPT-5 mini (medium) does not report both selected axis metrics.
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
GPT-5 mini (medium) today
Incomplete benchmark data
Intelligence and benchmark cost are both required to place this model on the frontier. Missing data is not a performance verdict.
- Intelligence index
- 31.60
- Benchmark cost
- Not reported
- Input / 1M tokens
- 0.25
- Output / 1M tokens
- 2.00
- Context window
- Not reported
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: gpt-5-mini-medium.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
What the GPT-5 mini release did to the frontier on 2025-08-07
1 of 3 effort levels reached the frontier at launch (GPT-5 mini (high)). Impact 1.14, did not move the frontier; 41 releases this past year did.
Should you use GPT-5 mini (medium)?
Should you use GPT-5 mini (medium)?
No verdict: it does not report both intelligence and benchmark cost.
What is better and cheaper than GPT-5 mini (medium)?
Other models on the intelligence-vs-cost frontier
How much does GPT-5 mini (medium) cost?
$0.25/$2.00 in/out per 1M tokens, and - to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where GPT-5 mini (medium) is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | no data |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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