Best o4-mini Alternatives
o4-mini by OpenAI is a reasoning model priced at $1.1/4.4 per 1M tokens (in/out). Looking for a better deal or different capabilities? Here are the best options.
o4-mini
OpenAIReasoningInput
$1.1/1M
Output
$4.4/1M
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Why Switch from o4-mini?
Top Alternatives
Dramatically cheaper (64% less), higher benchmark scores.
Input
$0.4/1M
64% cheaper
Output
$1.6/1M
64% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Dramatically cheaper (50% less).
Input
$0.55/1M
50% cheaper
Output
$2.19/1M
50% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
64K
49% cheaper, comparable performance.
Input
$0.6/1M
45% cheaper
Output
$2.2/1M
50% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
36% cheaper, comparable performance, 1M context (5x more).
Input
$0.5/1M
55% cheaper
Output
$3/1M
32% cheaper
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Comparable performance.
Input
$1.75/1M
59% more
Output
$14/1M
218% more
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
Higher benchmark scores.
Input
$2/1M
82% more
Output
$5/1M
14% more
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Dramatically cheaper (56% less).
Input
$0.4/1M
64% cheaper
Output
$2/1M
55% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Comparable performance, adds audio.
Input
$1.25/1M
14% more
Output
$10/1M
127% more
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o3OpenAI | $0.4064% cheaper | $1.6064% cheaper | 200K | 87%+2.0% | 94.5%+1.0% | 100 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5550% cheaper | $2.1950% cheaper | 128K | 84%-1.0% | 92%-1.5% | 81 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6045% cheaper | $2.2050% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%-0.7% | — | 79 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5055% cheaper | $3.0032% cheaper | 1M | 78%-7.0% | 90%-3.5% | 78 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.7559% more | $14.00218% more | 200K | 89%+4.0% | 95.5%+2.0% | 75 |
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.0082% more | $5.0014% more | 128K | 83%-2.0% | 91%-2.5% | 75 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4064% cheaper | $2.0055% cheaper | 128K | 76%-9.0% | 87%-6.5% | 72 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.2514% more | $10.00127% more | 128K | 88.5%+3.5% | 95%+1.5% | 70 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.0082% more | $12.00173% more | 1M | 91%+6.0% | 95%+1.5% | 70 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.0082% more | $12.00173% more | 1M | 89.8%+4.8% | 94%+0.5% | 70 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.2514% more | $10.00127% more | 1M | 87.5%+2.5% | 93.5%Same | 70 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.009% cheaper | $3.2027% cheaper | 200K | 70.4%-14.6% | 91%-2.5% | 70 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1586% cheaper | $0.6086% cheaper | 1M | 76%-9.0% | 89.5%-4.0% | 68 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.00355% more | $25.00468% more | 200K | 89.5%+4.5% | 95%+1.5% | 65 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.0082% more | $16.00264% more | 200K | 90%+5.0% | 96.5%+3.0% | 65 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8027% cheaper | $4.009% cheaper | 200K | 69.4%-15.6% | 88.1%-5.4% | 64 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3172% cheaper | $0.8581% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%-4.5% | 90.2%-3.3% | 63 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3073% cheaper | $1.2073% cheaper | 200K | 82%-3.0% | 90%-3.5% | 63 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.00173% more | $15.00241% more | 200K | 86%+1.0% | 94%+0.5% | 58 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.00173% more | $15.00241% more | 200K | 84.5%-0.5% | 93%-0.5% | 58 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1884% cheaper | $0.6386% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-10.8% | 86%-7.5% | 56 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1586% cheaper | $0.6086% cheaper | 128K | 68%-17.0% | 87.2%-6.3% | 54 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.00173% more | $15.00241% more | 128K | 86%+1.0% | 93%-0.5% | 53 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.50127% more | $10.00127% more | 128K | 80.5%-4.5% | 91%-2.5% | 50 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1487% cheaper | $0.2894% cheaper | 164K | 78%-7.0% | 89%-4.5% | 46 |