GPT-4o Mini
Shutting down. The gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 version of GPT-4o Mini shuts down on the OpenAI API on Jan 14, 2027. OpenAI names GPT-6 Luna as the replacement for that version.
3 mo- Next shutdown
- 92 daysJan 14, 2027 · OpenAI API
- Arena Text
- 1,318#109 of 128 · Arena
- GPQA Diamond
- 37.7%#100 of 108 · Epoch AI
- List price · $ per 1M
- $0.15 in $0.60 outOpenAI API · cached input $0.075
- Context window
- 128KMax output 16.4K tokens
Dates on every platform
| Platform | Model ID and status | Deprecated | Shuts down | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI APIOpenAI: List models (GET /v1/models) (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | gpt-4o-miniActive | – | None set | – |
| OpenAI APIOpenAI: Deprecations (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18Deprecated | 3 mo | GPT-6 Luna | |
| Azure AI FoundryMicrosoft: Model retirement schedule - Microsoft Foundry (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | gpt-4o-mini:2024-07-18Deprecated | – | 6 mo | – |
Points to gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18. The models API lists no shutdown date for this alias; gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 shuts down on 14 January 2027.
Fine-tuned versions of this model follow the same shutdown date.
Deprecated on Azure: only subscriptions that have already deployed this version can create new deployments.
Microsoft names a replacement about 90 to 120 days before retirement.
What breaks when you move off GPT-4o Mini
- Behavior
Standard, Global Standard and Data Zone Standard deployments are upgraded to the replacement automatically unless versionUpgradeOption is NoAutoUpgrade. Provisioned deployments are not upgraded and stop working at retirement.
GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 Mini, GPT-4.1 nano, GPT-4o, GPT-4o Mini · Azure AI Foundry ·
- Availability
- Parameters
- Tooling
- Pricing
Intelligence
| Benchmark | Publisher | Score | Rank | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text | Arena | 1,318 ± 2 | #109 of 128 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| GPQA Diamond | Epoch AI | 37.7% ± 2.4% | #100 of 108 | Jan 27, 2025 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 | Epoch AI | 0.7% ± 0.5% | #69 of 71 | Aug 27, 2026 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Epoch AI | 6.9% ± 2.7% | #94 of 105 | Jul 30, 2025 |
| SimpleQA Verified | Epoch AI | 8.3% ± 0.9% | #67 of 68 | Aug 31, 2026 |
Arena (arena.ai), https://arena.ai/leaderboard
Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from ‘https://epoch.ai/benchmarks’ [online resource].
List prices
| Platform | Input | Cached | Output | In effect | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAI APIgpt-4o-mini | $0.15 | $0.075 | $0.60 | Oct 14, 2026Current · Batch and Flex bill less; Fast mode bills more. | OpenAI: Pricing (opens in a new tab) |
OpenAI APIgpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 | $0.15 | $0.075 | $0.60 | Oct 14, 2026Current · Billed at the gpt-4o-mini rate on the pricing page; gpt-4o-mini points to this snapshot. | OpenAI: Pricing (opens in a new tab) |
Azure AI Foundrygpt-4o-mini:2024-07-18 | $0.15 | $0.075 | $0.60 | Oct 1, 2024Current · Global Standard rate from the US East 2 price list. | Microsoft: Azure Retail Prices API (Foundry Models, US East 2) (opens in a new tab) |
Change history
ShutdownGPT-4.1 and remaining GPT-4o versions retire on Azure AI FoundryAzure AI Foundry2 breaks
gpt-4.1, gpt-4.1-mini and gpt-4.1-nano (2025-04-14), gpt-4o (2024-08-06 and 2024-11-20) and gpt-4o-mini (2024-07-18) retire on Foundry, three months after OpenAI's own shutdown of these models. Microsoft lists gpt-5.1 as the replacement for the two gpt-4o versions. Fine-tuned deployments of these models run until October 2027.
- Platform
- Azure AI Foundry
- Models
- GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 Mini, GPT-4.1 nano, GPT-4o, GPT-4o Mini
- BehaviorStandard, Global Standard and Data Zone Standard deployments are upgraded to the replacement automatically unless versionUpgradeOption is NoAutoUpgrade. Provisioned deployments are not upgraded and stop working at retirement.
- AvailabilityInference requests to retired deployments return 410 Gone.
Source: Microsoft, Model retirement schedule - Microsoft Foundry (opens in a new tab); Microsoft, Microsoft Foundry Models lifecycle and support policy (opens in a new tab)
ShutdownGPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini shut down on the OpenAI APIOpenAI API3 breaks
The gpt-4o-2024-08-06, gpt-4o-2024-11-20, gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18, gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 and gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 snapshots are removed. OpenAI names GPT-6 Luna as the replacement for all of them. Fine-tuned versions follow the same schedule.
- Platform
- OpenAI API
- Models
- GPT-4o, GPT-4o Mini, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 Mini
- Replacement
- GPT-6 Luna
- Announced
- ParametersWhen reasoning effort is not none, remove temperature, top_p and top_logprobs. Chat Completions requests must also drop logprobs.
- ToolingGPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna support function calling in Chat Completions only with reasoning_effort none. Use the Responses API for reasoning with tools.
- PricingReplace prompt_cache_retention with prompt_cache_options.ttl set to 30m, and expect cache writes to be billed.
Source: OpenAI, Deprecations (opens in a new tab); OpenAI, Using GPT-6 (opens in a new tab)