GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini

OpenAI chatcodereasoningtool_usevision Long

API ID: openai/gpt-5.1-codex-mini-20251113

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Input Price
$0.25
/1M tokens
Output Price
$2.00
/1M tokens

About GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini

GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini is a smaller and faster version of GPT-5.1-Codex

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Price Ranking
#948 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
400k
Max Output
128k
Release Date
2025-11-13
Capabilities
chat code reasoning tool_use vision
Input Modalities
imagetext
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Code generation, debugging, code review, refactoring
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.71
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Code Copilot
$6.00
/month
200 completions/day, ~1k tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$21.75
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$29.63
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini API

OpenAI Python SDK 
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5.1-codex-mini-20251113",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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