GPT Audio Mini

by OpenAIChatretires 2027-01-20

A cost-efficient version of GPT Audio. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency.

Context
128K tokens
Max output
16,384 tokens
Released
2026-01-19
Weights
Closed

openai/gpt-audio-mini · also seen as gpt-audio-mini-2025-10-06, gpt-audio-mini-2025-12-15

Specifications

Full facts as recorded, incl. what is unknown.

Released
2026-01-19
Weights
Closed
Input
Text, Audio
Output
Text, Audio
Context window
128,000 max across endpoints
Max output
16,384
Providers
2 + 2 gateways, not counted as providers
Epoch Capabilities Index
not evaluated
Direct price range
$0.60 in · $2.40 out per 1M tokens · across all 2 providers
More details
Last updated
2026-01-19
Knowledge cutoff

Capabilities

Across all endpoints: supported if any endpoint supports it.

  • Tool calling
  • Parallel tools
  • Structured output
  • Reasoning
  • Image input
  • PDF input
  • Audio input
  • Audio output
  • Video input
  • Prompt caching
  • Web searchunknown
  • Computer useunknown
  • System messages
  • Assistant prefillunknown
  • Temperature
  • Streaming
  • Attachments

Endpoints

One row per provider and variant; gateways are listed separately.

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Price history

No change since 19 Oct 2026. The cheapest direct price has been $0.60 in / $2.40 out per 1M tokens at OpenAI on every data refresh since then.

Tracked from 19 Oct 2026. Headline-eligible direct prices only, so a price the sanity check flags never draws a spike. Series as JSON

Cost calculator

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Blended rate per 1M tokens, each at its own cheapest provider (10M input : 2M output mix).

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