Today marks the launch of GPT-4o mini, OpenAI’s latest model in the API lineup. This new offering stands out for its enhanced intelligence, significantly reduced cost, and impressive speed, making it an attractive option for developers and businesses alike.
Key Features of GPT-4o Mini
Enhanced Intelligence: GPT-4o mini surpasses GPT-3.5 Turbo in terms of textual intelligence, achieving an 82% score on the MMLU benchmark compared to 69.8% for its predecessor. Additionally, it excels in multimodal reasoning.
Cost-Effective: Priced at $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, GPT-4o mini is more than 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo. This cost efficiency makes it ideal for high-volume and cost-sensitive tasks.
Multimodal Capabilities: Currently, GPT-4o mini supports both text and vision inputs and outputs, with plans to expand to audio and video in the future. This flexibility allows for a wide range of applications.
Multilingual Proficiency: The model shows improved understanding of non-English languages compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo, making it a robust tool for global applications.
Specifications:
- Context Window: 128k
- Output Tokens: Up to 16k per request
- Knowledge Cut-off: October 2023
Ideal Use Cases
GPT-4o mini is designed to handle:
- High-Volume Tasks: Such as processing a full code base or conversation history.
- Cost-Sensitive Tasks: Like summarizing large documents.
- Fast Response Tasks: Including customer support chatbots.
Developer Recommendations
Developers currently using GPT-3.5 Turbo are encouraged to switch to GPT-4o mini to benefit from its enhanced performance and cost savings. The model can be accessed through the Chat Completions API, Assistants API, and Batch API—with a 50% discount on batch jobs completed asynchronously within 24 hours.
Getting Started
To begin using GPT-4o mini, developers can test the model in Playground and review the API documentation. For guidance on utilizing vision capabilities, refer to the Introduction to GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini in the cookbook. For any questions, the OpenAI developer forum is available for support.
