OpenAI

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini

openai/gpt-4o-mini

GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable...

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OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini usage over time

OpenRouter share of tokens, by day.

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Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini holds 0.22% today, down from 2.22% at the start of the visible window.

Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-09-01 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/openai-gpt-4o-mini

Rank history

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-09-01 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/openai-gpt-4o-mini

Adoption curve vs the pantheon

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini's share plotted against days since first tracked, overlaid on other current leaders on the same axis. The question every new-model page asks: is this one going to make it?

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-09-01 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/openai-gpt-4o-mini

Citable stat

As of 2026-09-01, OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini holds 0.2% of OpenRouter token share, down 0.12pp over 30 days. Source: Tidelines (OpenRouter).

Cost per session

Median dollars spent on one OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini session, by coding agent and session length.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Token rate sets the price; session length and reasoning set the bill.

Agent1 turn2–9 turns10–49 turns50+ turns
Hermes Agent$0.0018$0.0052$0.037$0.203

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Data: OpenRouter session-cost dataset as of 2026-08-30 · Source: tidelines.ai/models/openai-gpt-4o-mini

Where to run it

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini pricing by provider

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Per-provider pricing, context, and uptime via OpenRouter. Sorted by output price.

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini is served by 3 tracked endpoints on OpenRouter. The cheapest output price is $0.60 per million tokens from Azure · 128k, and the most expensive is $0.66 from Azure · 128k. The largest context window offered is 128k tokens. Prices are list rates and refresh daily.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContextUptime
Azure · 128k$0.15$0.60128k99.86%
OpenAI$0.15$0.60128k99.99%
Azure · 128k$0.17$0.66128k