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GPT-5 Mini vs GPT-5.1 Chat

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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GPT-5 Mini
openai/gpt-5-mini
GPT-5.1 Chat
openai/gpt-5.1-chat
Provider
OpenAI
OpenAI
Family
GPT-5
GPT-5
Modality
text
text
Context window
128,000 tok
128,000 tok
Max output
16,384 tok
16,384 tok
Released
2026-05-22
2026-05-22
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Input price
$0.250 /1M
$1.25 /1M
Output price
$2.00 /1M
$10.00 /1M
Tools
yes
yes
Streaming
yes
yes
Vision
yes
yes
JSON mode
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Prompt caching
Batch API
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GPT-5 Mini
openai/gpt-5-mini
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GPT-5 Mini is the lightweight, low-cost variant of GPT-5, well suited to high-volume coding and reasoning tasks.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows
GPT-5.1 Chat
openai/gpt-5.1-chat
Full spec →

GPT-5.1 Chat is the chat-tuned variant of GPT-5.1, optimised for back-and-forth conversation and instruction following.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows

Compare with another

GPT-5 vs GPT-5 Mini
openai/gpt-5 · openai/gpt-5-mini
GPT-5 vs GPT-5.1 Chat
openai/gpt-5 · openai/gpt-5.1-chat
GPT-5 Chat vs GPT-5 Mini
openai/gpt-5-chat · openai/gpt-5-mini
GPT-5 Chat vs GPT-5.1 Chat
openai/gpt-5-chat · openai/gpt-5.1-chat
GPT-5 Mini vs GPT-5 Nano
openai/gpt-5-mini · openai/gpt-5-nano
GPT-5 Mini vs GPT-5.1
openai/gpt-5-mini · openai/gpt-5.1
GPT-5 Mini vs GPT-5.4
openai/gpt-5-mini · openai/gpt-5.4
GPT-5.4 Mini vs GPT-5 Mini
openai/gpt-5.4-mini · openai/gpt-5-mini
GPT-5 Mini vs GPT-5.4 Nano
openai/gpt-5-mini · openai/gpt-5.4-nano
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# GPT-5 Mini
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5-mini",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# GPT-5.1 Chat
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5.1-chat",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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