OpenAI o3-mini
OpenAI o3-mini
Version: 2025-01-31
OpenAILast updated January 2025
o3-mini includes the o1 features with significant cost-efficiencies for scenarios requiring high performance.
Reasoning
Multilingual
Coding

o1 and o3 Series Models: Enhanced Reasoning and Problem Solving on Azure

The o1 and o3 series models are specifically designed to tackle reasoning and problem-solving tasks with increased focus and capability. These models spend more time processing and understanding the user's request, making them exceptionally strong in areas like science, coding, math and similar fields. For example, o1 can be used by healthcare researchers to annotate cell sequencing data, by physicists to generate complicated mathematical formulas needed for quantum optics, and by developers in all fields to build and execute multi-step workflows.

Key Capabilities of these models

  • o1 added advanced image analysis capabilities with the new version. Enhance your prompts and context with images for additional insights.
  • o3-mini follows o1 mini but adds the features supported by o1 like function calling and tools.
  • Complex Code Generation: Capable of generating algorithms and handling advanced coding tasks to support developers.
  • Advanced Problem Solving: Ideal for comprehensive brainstorming sessions and addressing multifaceted challenges.
  • Complex Document Comparison: Perfect for analyzing contracts, case files, or legal documents to identify subtle differences.
  • Instruction Following and Workflow Management: Particularly effective for managing workflows requiring shorter contexts.

Features and properties supported in o3-mini model

  • Supports both System message and the new Developer message to improve upgrade experience.
  • Reasoning effort as in high, medium, and low. It controls whether the model thinks "less" or "more" in terms of applying cognitive reasoning.
  • Structured outputs and functions/tools.
  • Context window: 200K, Max Completion Tokens: 100K

Model Variants

  • o4-mini: The most efficient reasoning model in the o model series, well suited for agentic solutions. Now generally available.
  • o3: The most capable reasoning model in the o model series, and the first one to offer full tools support for agentic solutions. Now generally available.
  • o3-mini: A faster and more cost-efficient option in the o3 series, ideal for coding tasks requiring speed and lower resource consumption.
  • o1: The most capable model in the o1 series, offering enhanced reasoning abilities. Now generally available.
  • o1-mini: A faster and more cost-efficient option in the o1 series, ideal for coding tasks requiring speed and lower resource consumption.

Limitations

o1 model does not include all the features available in other models.

Model provider

This model is provided through the Azure OpenAI Service.

Relevant documents

The following documents are applicable:

Safety

OpenAI has incorporated additional safety measures into the o1 models, including new techniques to help the models refuse unsafe requests. These advancements make the o1 series some of the most robust models available. OpenAI measures safety is 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 .
Model Specifications
Context Length200000
Quality Index0.87
LicenseCustom
Training DataSeptember 2023
Last UpdatedJanuary 2025
Input TypeText
Output TypeText
PublisherOpenAI
Languages27 Languages