OpenAI gpt-5-mini
Version: 2025-08-07
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Key capabilities
About this model
This model is provided through the Azure OpenAI Service.Key model capabilities
- A lightweight version for cost-sensitive applications.
- Now supporting minimal reasoning, a new verbosity setting, and the "customs" tool for raw text output.
- Supports new "allowed tools" tool choice that enables you to specify multiple tools in the tool choice instead of just one
- supports new "preamble" support, allowing the model to "think" before calling a tool. This is always enabled and controlled through prompting.
- gpt-5-mini supports multimodal inputs, real-time streaming and full tool support for smarter, more dynamic user experiences
Use cases
See Responsible AI for additional considerations for responsible use.Key use cases
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Pricing is based on a number of factors, including deployment type and tokens used. See pricing details here.Technical specs
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gpt-5-mini supports multimodal inputs, real-time streaming and full tool support for smarter, more dynamic user experiencesOutput formats
Now supporting minimal reasoning, a new verbosity setting, and the "customs" tool for raw text output.Supported languages
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Training, testing and validation
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Distribution channels
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The following documents are applicable:- Overview of Responsible AI practices for Azure OpenAI models
- Transparency Note for Azure OpenAI Service
Responsible AI considerations
Safety techniques
OpenAI has incorporated additional safety measures including new techniques to help the models refuse unsafe requests. These advancements make the o1 series some of the most robust models available.Safety evaluations
OpenAI measures safety by testing how well models continue to follow its safety rules if a user tries to bypass them (known as "jailbreaking"). In OpenAI's internal tests, GPT-4o scored 22 (on a scale of 0-100) while o1-preview model scored 84. You can read more about this in the OpenAI's system card and research post .Known limitations
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Acceptable use policy
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Source: OpenAI OpenAI measures safety by testing how well models continue to follow its safety rules if a user tries to bypass them (known as "jailbreaking").Public data summary
Source: OpenAI In OpenAI's internal tests, GPT-4o scored 22 (on a scale of 0-100) while o1-preview model scored 84. You can read more about this in the OpenAI's system card and research post .Model Specifications
Context Length200000
Quality Index0.89
LicenseCustom
Training DataJune 2024
Last UpdatedDecember 2025
Input TypeText,Image
Output TypeText
ProviderOpenAI
Languages1 Language
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