GPT-4.1 Mini

by OpenAI

Zero data retention
openai/gpt-4.1-mini
Input
$0.56/1M tokens
Output
$2.24/1M tokens
Context
1Mtokens
Max output
33Ktokens
Knows to
June 2024
Released
14 Apr 2025

About

GPT-4.1 Mini is a mid-sized model delivering performance competitive with GPT-4o at substantially lower latency and cost.

Pricing

Input$0.56per 1M prompt tokens
Output$2.24per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Cached input$0.14per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache
Web search$0.014per request that uses the provider’s built-in search

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.0017$1.74
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.024$24.19
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.014$13.89

At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.

Benchmarks

Intelligence10.2#216 of 285
Coding20.2#138 of 163

Head-to-head rankings

  1. #102Game devModel arenaElo 107459% wins
  2. #110Data vizModel arenaElo 103449% wins
  3. #116UI componentsModel arenaElo 96045% wins
  4. #123CodeModel arenaElo 99548% wins
  5. #1243DModel arenaElo 83731% wins
  6. #125WebsitesModel arenaElo 99948% wins

Scores from Artificial Analysis; bars are scaled to the best model on our list. Rankings from Design Arena head-to-head votes. Published by OpenRouter alongside its catalogue.

Call it from code

OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.

cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
  }'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

max_completion_tokensmax_tokensresponse_formatseedstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_p

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 16 Oct 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models