GPT-4o mini
OpenAI's previous-gen cost-efficient model — superseded by GPT-5 mini
Verdict
Still cheap and still works, but GPT-5 mini beats it on quality at a comparable price — there is no longer a strong reason to pick this for a new build. Reasonable to leave alone in an existing pipeline that already meets its bar.
Other Text Generation & Reasoning
- GPT-5.6Production
OpenAI current flagship — Sol/Terra/Luna tiers, 1.05M context
- GPT-5Superseded
OpenAI's previous flagship — superseded by GPT-5.6
- GPT-5 miniProduction
OpenAI's cost-efficient GPT-5-tier model — most of the quality at a fraction of the cost
- GPT-4oProduction
OpenAI previous-gen multimodal model — text, vision, audio
- GPT-OSS 120BStable
OpenAI's first open-weight model — 120B params, fully downloadable
- Claude Fable 5Production
Anthropic's most intelligent generally available model — Mythos-class reasoning