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GPT-5.4 mini API Pricing

GPT-5.4 mini costs $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $4.50 per 1M output tokens. These rates were last verified on .

Upgrading to GPT-5.4 mini?

Newer version: GPT-6 Luna · 55.6% cheaper (provider has not retired GPT-5.6 Luna)

Same token usage, 3:1 input:output, standard list rates · excludes cache, batch and fast mode. Not a quality or compatibility claim. Full calculator →

OpenAI small general text pricing history

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  1. Input: $0.10 / 1M tokensOutput: $0.50 / 1M tokens
    Rate first observed
    Latest
    Verified 2026-11-12
  2. Input: $0.20 / 1M tokensOutput: $1.20 / 1M tokens
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    Available · older version
    Verified 2026-11-12
    1 recorded price changes
    • Input: $0.20 / 1M tokens · Output: $1.20 / 1M tokens — observed Jul 31, 2026
    • Input: $1.00 / 1M tokens · Output: $6.00 / 1M tokens — observed Jun 28, 2026 (first recorded)
  3. Input: $0.75 / 1M tokensOutput: $4.50 / 1M tokens
    Rate first observed
    Available · older version
    Verified 2026-11-12
  4. Input: $0.20 / 1M tokensOutput: $1.25 / 1M tokens
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    Deprecated · 2027-04-01
    Verified 2026-11-12
  5. Input: $0.25 / 1M tokensOutput: $2.00 / 1M tokens
    Rate first observed
    Deprecated · 2026-12-11
    Verified 2026-11-12
  6. Input: $0.05 / 1M tokensOutput: $0.40 / 1M tokens
    Rate first observed
    Deprecated · 2026-12-11
    Verified 2026-11-12
  7. Input: $0.40 / 1M tokensOutput: $1.60 / 1M tokens
    Rate first observed
    Deprecated · 2027-01-14
    Verified 2026-11-12
  8. Input: $0.10 / 1M tokensOutput: $0.40 / 1M tokens
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    Shut down
    Verified 2026-11-12
  9. Input: $0.15 / 1M tokensOutput: $0.60 / 1M tokens
    Rate first observed
    Deprecated · 2027-01-14
    Verified 2026-11-12

Newest first. Release dates describe the model, not when today's rates took effect. Observations show when we recorded rates, not launch pricing. Image and text token meters are separate; no fixed image-token savings mix is assumed. How we verify

Published rates and billing units

Billing dimensionUSD list price
Input / 1M tokens$0.75
Cached input / 1M tokens$0.075
Output / 1M tokens$4.50
Batch: Input / 1M tokens$0.375
Batch: Cached input / 1M tokens$0.0375
Batch: Output / 1M tokens$2.25

Verified 2026-11-12 · Official source · Pricing methodology. Taxes, optional services and account-specific discounts are not included.

Cost examples

These examples use published list prices only. They exclude taxes, enterprise discounts, minimum charges, retries, batch discounts, and provider-specific billing rules.

1M input + 1M output

$5.25

A direct per-million comparison against every other text model.

100K input + 25K output

$0.1875

A compact chat, summarization, or analysis workload.

10M input + 2M output

$16.50

A monthly production estimate for heavier RAG or agent traffic.

75% cached input + 250K output

$1.37

Cached input is about 90% cheaper than standard input at list price.

Calculator for GPT-5.4 mini

Enter your own input, output, and cached-token assumptions. This calculator is preloaded with only GPT-5.4 mini, so the result stays focused on this model.

Input cost

$0.75

Output cost

$4.50

Total

$5.25

Price history

No list-price movement across 209 daily snapshots from 2026-04-16 to 2026-11-11.

When to use GPT-5.4 mini

Good fit

  • code generation, debugging, and agentic development work where output quality affects engineering time
  • high-volume routing, classification, extraction, summaries, and fallback traffic

Be careful with

  • blind migration without testing your own prompts, latency, and failure modes

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