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OpenAI GPT-5 Mini (OpenRouter)

High-context multimodal model routed via OpenRouter with cost-efficient pricing for builder workloads.

verifiedRecently verifiedSource: openrouter-models-api
Health low (31)

Best for

  • General coding assistants, high-context workflows, and multimodal RAG.

Limitations

  • Final commercial and safety requirements depend on provider policy and deployment setup.
  • High-context prompts require strict prompt budgeting for cost control.

Use carefully when

  • Fully offline inference requirements.

Quickstart

  1. Use OpenRouter chat completion endpoint and set strict max output tokens.
  2. Route simple tasks to mini tier and reserve larger models for hard reasoning.

Setup checklist

  • • API key required: Yes
  • • SDK quality: high
  • • Self-host difficulty: easy

Health Meter

  • • Setup complexity: 35
  • • Safety & misuse risk: 36
  • • License/compliance risk: 18

Good baseline for controlled deployment.

Capabilities

  • contextTokens400000
  • supportsImageInputtrue
  • supportsFileInputtrue
  • toolCallingtrue

Benchmarks

contextWindowTokens
400000
inputCostPerMUsd
0.25
outputCostPerMUsd
2
inputModalitiesCount
3

Community reviews

1 reviews • avg 5

Great price-performance

5

Strong for coding assistant traffic with clear budget controls.

Samples

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Last verified: 25/2/2026, 3:45:28 am • Source: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
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