GPT-4.1 Mini pricing and routing profile
GPT-4.1 Mini from OpenAI lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens, with a 1,047,576-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured output
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.256 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $1.44 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $4.00 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Not as a first-answer model through OpenRouter: no host returns token log probabilities for GPT-4.1 Mini. It can still be the model Gimbix falls back to when a cheaper model is unsure.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below GPT-4.1 Mini that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.7 Plus | $0.32 / $1.28 | 20% |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | $0.26 / $1.56 | 21% |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | $0.30 / $1.20 | 25% |
| MiniMax M3 | $0.30 / $1.20 | 25% |
| MiniMax M2.7 | $0.30 / $1.20 | 25% |
| MiniMax M2 | $0.30 / $1.20 | 25% |
Compare GPT-4.1 Mini
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- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
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- GPT-4.1 Mini vs GLM 5.3
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- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Gemma 4 31B
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs GLM 5.3 Flash
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Hy4 preview
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen3.8 Flash
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen3.7 Flash
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Qwen3.8 27B
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs MiniMax M3
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Kimi K2.6
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Mistral Small 4
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Ministral 3 8B 2512
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Llama 4 Maverick
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Nova Lite 1.0
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Nova Micro 1.0
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Command R7B (12-2024)
- GPT-4.1 Mini vs Phi 4
Questions
How much does GPT-4.1 Mini cost?
GPT-4.1 Mini lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $1.44 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of GPT-4.1 Mini?
1,047,576 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace GPT-4.1 Mini?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match GPT-4.1 Mini on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.