OpenAI · Released Nov 13, 2025GPT-5.1 Codex mini
Coding-optimized GPT model for repository edits, reviews, and agentic software work.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.25per 1M tokens
- Output
- $2.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 400K128K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.25per million tokens
- Output
- $2.00per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.688cheaper than 54% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.50 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $16.25 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $162.50 |
Median of 10 paid API providers on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for GPT-5.1 Codex mini yet.
The details
- Lab
- OpenAI
- Released
- Nov 13, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Sep 30, 2024
- Context window
- 400,000 tokens
- Max output
- 128,000 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Always on
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 10 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About GPT-5.1 Codex mini
How much does GPT-5.1 Codex mini cost?
GPT-5.1 Codex mini costs $0.25 input / $2.00 output per million tokens (median across 10 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.688 per million tokens, cheaper than 54% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of GPT-5.1 Codex mini?
GPT-5.1 Codex mini accepts up to 400,000 tokens per request and can write up to 128,000 tokens in one response.
How good is GPT-5.1 Codex mini?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for GPT-5.1 Codex mini yet.
Is GPT-5.1 Codex mini open source?
No. GPT-5.1 Codex mini is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner platforms.
What inputs does GPT-5.1 Codex mini support?
GPT-5.1 Codex mini accepts text and images and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.
When was GPT-5.1 Codex mini released?
OpenAI released GPT-5.1 Codex mini on Nov 13, 2025. Its training data runs to Sep 30, 2024.
What are the best alternatives to GPT-5.1 Codex mini?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Mistral Large 3 (Mistral AI, $0.50 / $1.50), Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.30 / $1.55), MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax, $0.30 / $1.20) and Nova 2 Lite (Amazon, $0.33 / $2.75).