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OpenAI GPT 4o Mini

Built by OpenAI · US · United States · First tracked 4 May 2026 · Pricing verified 12 Jul 2026
#28Global rank
0.57%Routed share
▼ 3places downThis week
10 weeks rankedStreak
#18Peak rank
Mid costPrice position
Model economics
Input
$0.15
/ 1M tokens
Output
$0.60
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.075
/ 1M tokens
Free tier
on OpenRouter
Context window
128K
tokens
Weights
Proprietary
license basis

Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 12 Jul 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.

What would it cost you?
Estimated monthly cost
$0
Input (uncached)$0
Cached input$0
Output$0
$0 per completed task

An estimate from published per-token pricing and your assumptions. Actual costs vary by provider and usage tier.

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Same workload as the calculator above, at each model's current price. Monthly USD.

Price and adoption

Routed-token share over time. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.

0%1%2% 0.57% 10 May 2026: 0.93%17 May 2026: 0.93%24 May 2026: 1.39%31 May 2026: 1.51%7 Jun 2026: 1.08%14 Jun 2026: 0.95%21 Jun 2026: 1.00%28 Jun 2026: 0.79%5 Jul 2026: 0.92%12 Jul 2026: 0.57% 10 May17 May24 May31 May7 Jun14 Jun21 Jun28 Jun5 Jul12 Jul
All 10 tracked weeks · 10 May to 12 Jul. Longer periods open as the record grows.
Price-to-adoption position
Losing ground

Mid cost · adoption falling. Observed relationship, not proof of causation.

Speed & reliability

Availability monitoring is derived from OpenRouter provider uptime; it refreshes with the daily build. Latency and throughput are not exposed by the data source, so we do not report them rather than estimate.

Capabilities
Context window128K
Reasoning Not supported
Tool calling Supported
Structured output Supported
Image input Supported
Audio input Not supported
Video input Not supported
Open weights Proprietary
API availability Yes
Commercial licenseVerify terms with the provider
At a glance
Observed by yellow3
Current rank
#28
Peak rank
#18
Routed share
0.57%
Peak share
1.51%
Weeks ranked
10
First tracked
4 May 2026
Region of origin
US · United States
Model facts
Provider
OpenAI
Model family
Not publicly disclosed
Release date
Not publicly disclosed
Type
Multimodal (text + image)
Modalities
text, image, file
Context window
128K tokens
Weights
Proprietary
License
Not publicly disclosed
Why it is moving
Observed data

In the week ending 12 Jul 2026, OpenAI GPT 4o Mini fell 3 places to #28 with 0.57% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #18. Over 10 tracked weeks its routed share has moved from 0.93% to 0.57% (-0.36 pp).

yellow3 analysis

A sourced weekly interpretation of what is driving this model's routing is added as the record accumulates. yellow3 does not publish a reason for movement unless the routed-traffic data or a cited source supports it.

Rank history
Week endingRankRouted shareΔ shareMovementRegion rankStatus
12 Jul 2026#280.57%-0.35▼ 3places down#17ranked
5 Jul 2026#250.92%+0.13▲ 1places up#15ranked
28 Jun 2026#260.79%-0.21▼ 3places down#15ranked
21 Jun 2026#231.00%+0.04no change#10ranked
14 Jun 2026#230.95%-0.13▼ 1places down#12ranked
7 Jun 2026#221.08%-0.43▼ 3places down#13ranked
31 May 2026#191.51%+0.12▼ 1places down#10ranked
24 May 2026#181.39%+0.46▲ 9places up#10ranked
17 May 2026#270.93%+0.00▼ 1places down#15ranked
10 May 2026#260.93%NEW#14NEW
Price history
DateInput / 1MOutput / 1MChangeSource
12 Jul 2026$0.15$0.60OpenRouter listed price

Price history begins when yellow3 started tracking this model and accrues one point per change from here. Only real, observed price changes are recorded.

Milestones
  • 4 May 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 24 May 2026Entered top 20Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 24 May 2026Biggest weekly rise +9 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 31 May 2026Peak routed share 1.51%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 7 Jun 2026Biggest weekly fall -3 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Sources & methodology

Region reflects where the model's developer is headquartered. Figures are OpenRouter routing traffic, aggregated over a trailing seven days - developer routing behaviour, not the whole market.

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