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o4 Mini Deep Research

OPENAI Developer Architecture Profile

OpenRouter ↗HuggingFace ↗
Intelligence (ELO)1150Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context200,000Tokens
API Cost / 1M$10.00Blended Prompt + Completion

Model Capabilities

  • Drafting
  • Classification
o4-mini-deep-research is OpenAI's faster, more affordable deep research model—ideal for tackling complex, multi-step research tasks. Note: This model always uses the 'web_search' tool which adds additional cost.

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Prompt)$2.00 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$8.00 / 1M

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026

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