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GPT-5 Mini

by OpenAIReleased 7 August 2025

GPT-5 Mini reads text and pictures and writes text back, keeping about 400 pages in mind, and it thinks before answering and can use connected tools. It is a scaled-down GPT-5 for lighter thinking jobs, keeping GPT-5's instruction handling and safety training at quicker speed, and it succeeds o4-mini. Pick it for chat features, pulling out details and routine coding help that still need some thought.

TakesTextImagesFiles
GivesText

What it costs

You pay for what each request uses. No subscription, no minimum.

≈ 0,42 DA per message3 000 DA buys about 7 200 messages

One message, the ordinary use

1 000 tokens sent× 83,21 DA per 1M0,083 DA
500 tokens back× 665,67 DA per 1M0,33 DA
Total≈ 0,42 DA

Every rate

Meter↑ you send↓ comes back
Text tokens83,21 DA665,67 DA
Cached tokens read9,99 DA

per 1M tokens

Web search · 3,33 DA per call

Answer a quick question≈ 0,18 DA
Read an invoice photo and pull out the total≈ 0,20 DA
Classify 20 support tickets by topic≈ 0,30 DA
Reply to a customer email≈ 0,32 DA
Translate a full page of text≈ 0,59 DA
When you pay
After the answer, from your balance. Nothing is held.
Why it varies
A longer question or a longer answer costs more.
After each one
The exact charge shows on the request.
DepositDeposits from 50 DA, with Edahabia or CIB.

Where your request runs

Two companies run this model. OpenDunes sends each request to one of them, picked by price and speed. If it fails, the next one takes it. DA per 1M tokens: ↑ what you send · ↓ what comes back.

Azure…
↑ Sent, per 1M
83,21 DA
↓ Back, per 1M
665,67 DA
Cache read
9,99 DA
Latency
…
Throughput
…
OpenAI…
↑ Sent, per 1M
83,21 DA
↓ Back, per 1M
665,67 DA
Cache read
8,32 DA
Latency
…
Throughput
…
Provider↑ Sent↓ BackCache readLatencyThroughputUptime
Azure83,21 DA665,67 DA9,99 DA………
OpenAI83,21 DA665,67 DA8,32 DA………

Also charged: a web search 3,33 DA each.

You pay the price of the provider that served your request. Prices read 15:19 · speed over the last 30 minutes · uptime over 3 days.

See it in action

Real requests, real replies. Try any of them yourself — one click, pre-filled.

Understands images
You send

What's the total on this invoice, and when is it due?

invoice-scan.jpg · photo
It replied

The total is 42 300,00 DA, due 5 September 2026. Worth a double-check: the handwritten day could read as 8 instead of 3.

Try in Chat Lab
Structured output
You send

Turn this customer email into JSON with intent, urgency and order_id.

customer-email.txt
It replied

{ "intent": "refund", "urgency": "high", "order_id": "OD-58421" }

Try in Chat Lab

Try your own request — same model, pre-selected.

Open Chat Lab

Call it in code

Swap the base URL and the key. Your OpenAI code runs unchanged.

POST /v1/chat/completions
Base URL
https://opendunes.com/v1
Model ID
openai/gpt-5-mini
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://opendunes.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENDUNES_API_KEY"],
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Two lines to welcome a shop in Oran."}],
)

print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Runs this request once on your balance.

Parameters you can send

Standard OpenAI fields, grouped by what they control. Anything not listed is accepted and ignored.

Shaping the reply

How long, how varied, where to stop.

max_tokensseed

Reasoning

Let it think before answering — and see the thinking.

reasoningreasoning_effortinclude_reasoning

Structured output

Get JSON you can parse instead of prose.

response_formatstructured_outputs

Tools

Let the model call your functions.

toolstool_choice

Other

Also accepted by this model.

max_completion_tokensverbosity

Questions about GPT-5 Mini

  • How much does GPT-5 Mini cost in dinars?

    About 0,42 DA per message. ↑ 83,21 DA · ↓ 665,67 DA per 1M tokens.

  • Is GPT-5 Mini free? Can I try it?

    No. You pay per use from your balance, with no subscription. Try it in Chat at the same price.

  • What is GPT-5 Mini best for?

    GPT-5 Mini reads text and pictures and writes text back, keeping about 400 pages in mind, and it thinks before answering and can use connected tools. It is a scaled-down GPT-5 for lighter thinking jobs, keeping GPT-5's instruction handling and safety training at quicker speed, and it succeeds o4-mini. Pick it for chat features, pulling out details and routine coding help that still need some thought.

  • How do I pay for GPT-5 Mini without an international card?

    Deposit dinars with your Edahabia or CIB card. Every model, GPT-5 Mini included, is paid from that balance. No foreign card, no conversion.

  • Does GPT-5 Mini work in Arabic, French or Darja?

    OpenAI names no languages for GPT-5 Mini. Arabic, French and Darja: not stated.

  • Can it read PDFs, images or a whole book?

    It reads text, images and PDFs. Up to 400K tokens in one request, about 400 pages. It writes up to 96 000 words at once.

  • Is GPT-5 Mini open source?

    No. OpenAI has not published its weights.

  • Who makes GPT-5 Mini, and when was it released?

    OpenAI. Released 7 August 2025. It knows the world up to 31 May 2024.

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