Is o4-mini deprecated?
OpenAI · lifecycle status verified against the provider's own page.
Last verified pricing
historical reference — not a buy recommendationo4-mini was last priced at $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens, with a 200K-token context window. Its benchmark average was 69.2 on the blend we track. Full history stays on the o4-mini model page.
What replaced o4-mini?
successor named by OpenAIOpenAI's named successorfrom the deprecation notice — not our inference
| Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| o4-mini Retired | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1M | details → |
Same benchmark score or better, for less
computed from live prices + benchmark averagesCheaper equivalentsscore ≥ 69.2 on the benchmark blend, ranked by blended cost ((3×input + 1×output) ÷ 4)
| Model | Benchmark | Blended $/M | Input $/M | Output $/M | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o4-mini Retired | 69.2 | $1.93 | $1.10 | $4.40 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepInfra cheapest | 77.5 | $0.090 | $0.060 | $0.180 | details → |
"Equivalent" here means the model's benchmark average is at or above o4-mini's 69.2. Benchmarks compress real quality differences — validate on your own workload before switching. Model your exact token mix in the migration calculator.
Migrating off o4-mini? The migration calculator compares your exact input/output token mix against every current model we track, with benchmark tradeoffs. Lifecycle data on this page comes from OpenAI's own page and was last re-verified on . See all retired & deprecated models.