OpenAIReleased on Jan 30, 2025

o3-mini: Benchmarks, Pricing & Context Window

o3-mini is a language model from OpenAI, released in January 2025.

A smaller variant of O3, expected to offer enhanced multimodal capabilities, improved reasoning, and more efficient resource utilization compared to previous models while maintaining strong performance on core tasks.

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o3-mini pricing

Providers

o3-mini starts at $1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens via Azure. See all 2 providers below with their per-token pricing, latency, throughput, and modality support.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MMax InputMax OutputLatency p95 sThroughput P95QuantInputOutput
Azure logoAzure
$1.10$4.40200.0K100.0K
5.20
115 c/s
OpenAI logoOpenAI
$1.10$4.40200.0K100.0K
5.20
115 c/s
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o3-mini API

API access coming soon

o3-mini will be available through our gateway shortly.

o3-mini examples

Recent arena outputs from o3-mini, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

o3-mini license

o3-mini is released under the Proprietary license, which restricts commercial use, has a knowledge cutoff of September 2023.

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Proprietary
Non-commercial
Knowledge cutoff
September 2023

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

FAQ

Common questions about o3-mini.

When was o3-mini released?

o3-mini was released on January 30, 2025 by OpenAI. This is the official o3-mini release date tracked on LLM Stats.

Is o3-mini available via API?

Yes, o3-mini is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 2 providers tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created o3-mini?

o3-mini was created by OpenAI.

What is the license for o3-mini?

o3-mini is released under the Proprietary license.

What is the knowledge cutoff date for o3-mini?

o3-mini has a knowledge cutoff of September 2023, meaning it was trained on data up to that point and may not know about events after it.

Where can I use o3-mini?

o3-mini is available through 2 providers including Azure, OpenAI.

Where is the o3-mini paper or technical report?

o3-mini has a paper or technical report available at https://cdn.openai.com/o3-mini-system-card.pdf. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.