Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable than other recent frontier mo…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 128K | 🏆 AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.15 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $0.60 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini?
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini: yes.