OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini✓ Catalog verified
A cost-efficient version of GPT Audio. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency. Input is priced at $0.60 per million tokens and output is priced at $2.40 per million tokens.
Overview
A cost-efficient version of GPT Audio. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency. Input is priced at $0.60 per million tokens and output is priced at $2.40 per million tokens.
Access: available through the official OpenAI API. Context window: 128K.
Specifications
| API identifier | openai/gpt-audio-mini |
| Provider | OpenAI |
| Model type | Multimodal LLM |
| Context window | 128K catalog |
| Input modalities | text · audio |
| Output modalities | text · audio |
| Released | Jan 19, 2026 |
| Tokenizer | GPT |
| Moderated | Yes |
| Architecture modality | text+audio->text+audio |
API defaults
{
"top_p": null,
"temperature": null,
"frequency_penalty": null
}Pricing
Live pricing components for openai/gpt-audio-mini as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $6e-7 | $0.60 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $0.0000024 | $2.40 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | N/A | N/A | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$0.78Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | Not advertised | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | ✓ Supported | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | Not advertised | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | Not advertised | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="openai/gpt-audio-mini",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
Closest models by context window from a different provider.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input /1M | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllenAI: Olmo 2 32B Instruct | Allenai | 128K | $0.05 | View → |
| Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 | Amazon | 128K | $0.04 | View → |
Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini cost?
$0.60 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens on the official OpenAI API.
What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini?
OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini supports up to 128K tokens of context.
Does OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini support tool / function calling?
OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini does not advertise first-class tool/function calling. Check vendor docs for the latest capabilities.
How do I access OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini?
Use the official OpenAI API with the model id `openai/gpt-audio-mini`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.