o3-mini

o3-mini

o3 Mini is the cost-efficient member of OpenAI’s o-series reasoning models. The launch materials focus on STEM tasks such as science, math, and coding, with lower latency and lower cost than larger reasoning models. It is a strong option when users need reasoning behavior but cannot spend the time or budget required by a full o-series model.

Total Context

200Ktokens

Max Output

100Ktokens

Released

Dec 20, 2024

Modalities

o3-mini Price

Input PriceOutput PriceCache Read
$1.1/M$4.4/M$0.55/M

o3-mini API

POST /v1/chat/completions

o3-mini Benchmark

18.4

/100

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis broad capability aggregate

Index score

17.3

/100

Artificial Analysis Coding Index

Artificial Analysis software task aggregate

Index score

Knowledge & Reasoning

MMLU-Pro

Advanced multi-task knowledge

80.2%

GPQA

Advanced science problem solving

77.3%

HLE

Broad expert-level exam set

12.3%

Coding & Engineering

LiveCodeBench

Live coding problems

73.4%

SciCode

Scientific coding challenges

39.8%

Terminal-Bench Hard

Hard terminal task execution

6.1%

Math

MATH-500

Advanced math problem solving

98.5%

AIME

Competition math problems

86%

Instruction Following & Agent Tasks

IFBench

Prompt constraint adherence

67.1%

AA-LCR

Long-context reasoning

39.3%

τ²-Bench

Agent workflow tasks

31.3%

Metrics sourced from Artificial Analysis

Media and Discussions

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o3 Mini FAQ

o3 Mini: capabilities, use cases, limits, and TokenHub guidance.

How should teams view o3 Mini?+

o3 Mini is a OpenAI model for cost-efficient STEM and coding reasoning.

What is o3 Mini best for?+

Best for mathematical reasoning, scientific reasoning and code reasoning, especially when speed and cost efficiency is the priority.

What is o3 Mini's main strength?+

Key strength: strong STEM and coding reasoning in a smaller text-only model.

Is o3 Mini always the best choice?+

It is deprecated or superseded, so it is a poor default for new integrations. Use GPT-5.4 Mini for new integrations.

What is the safest setup?+

Confirm availability; use the current recommended model for new integrations.