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o3 Mini vs o4 Mini High

o3 Mini at $1.26 in and $5.06 out and o4 Mini High at $1.26 in and $5.06 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

o3 Mini

OpenAI

1¢

for a client proposal

$1.26 in · $5.06 out / 1M

200K context · released January 2025

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o4 Mini High

OpenAI

1¢

for a client proposal

$1.26 in · $5.06 out / 1M

200K context · released April 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 2.1¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • All 2 cost the same on input.
  • Identical context windows: 200K tokens each.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out
o3 Mini
0.51¢
o4 Mini High
0.51¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
o3 Mini
1¢
o4 Mini High
1¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
o3 Mini
$0.22
o4 Mini High
$0.22

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
o3 Mini
4.9¢
o4 Mini High
4.9¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
o3 Mini
needs 250K ctx
o4 Mini High
needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output
free$1.01$2.020 tokens250k500k750k1000k
o3 Mini
o4 Mini High

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

o3 Mini
o4 Mini High
Input / 1M tokens
$1.26
$1.26
Output / 1M tokens
$5.06
$5.06
Cached input / 1M
$0.632
$0.316
Web search
1.1¢ / search
1.1¢ / search

Specs

o3 Mini
o4 Mini High
Provider
Released
January 2025
April 2025
Context window
200K
200K
Max output
100K
100K
Input
Text and Files
Images, Text, and Files
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Shows its thinking
Shows its thinking
Knowledge cutoff
2023-10-31
2024-06-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

o3 Mini

OpenAI

0.51¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

o4 Mini High

OpenAI

0.51¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 1¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 494 of these.

Which should you pick?

On price they are identical: about 1¢ for a typical task each.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, o3 Mini or o4 Mini High?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 1¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

They are identical — 200K tokens each, about 290 pages.

Can I run o3 Mini and o4 Mini High side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 2.1¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 2.1¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.