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OpenAI: GPT Image 1 Mini
openai/gpt-image-1-mini
Our take
AI-assisted analysis based on the sources below. Suitability is an editorial assessment; test it on your own workload.
OpenRouter lists openai/gpt-image-1-mini as an OpenAI image-generation variant that accepts text and image inputs and returns image output. Its catalog describes it as a lower-cost, lower-latency option derived from GPT Image 1, available through OpenAI's dedicated Images API, and reports a 400,000-token context. Those capabilities and efficiency claims are catalog-reported rather than independently validated. An independent model card was not available in this source pack, so suitability should be tested against the intended workload.[1]
Strengths
- Accepts both text and image inputs and produces image outputs, according to OpenRouter.[1]
- OpenRouter describes the variant as focused on high-quality image generation with reduced latency and cost.[1]
- Cataloged support for seed, response_format, structured_outputs, and max_tokens may help integration and reproducibility.[1]
Limitations
- Only OpenRouter catalog evidence was supplied; an independent model card, license terms, safety controls, and operating requirements were not included.[1]
- No benchmark results were provided, so image quality, latency, and cost benefits remain unverified.[1]
- OpenRouter lists an expiration date of 2026-12-01; confirm continuing availability before depending on it.[1]
Where to use it
- Potentially suitable for prompt-driven image generation where the cataloged cost and latency positioning is attractive.[1]
- Worth evaluating for multimodal image workflows that combine reference images with text instructions.[1]
- Candidate for applications needing configurable outputs through seed, response_format, or structured_outputs.[1]
Sources
- [1] OpenRouter catalog · OpenAI: GPT Image 1 MiniSources checked: Nov 13, 2026
About this model
Description below is the original text supplied by OpenRouter, shown in the source language.
A cost-efficient variant of GPT Image 1 for high-quality image generation at reduced latency and cost via OpenAI's dedicated Images API.
Specifications
- Model ID
- openai/gpt-image-1-mini
- Creator
- openai
- Added to OpenRouter
- 24.06.2026
- Context length
- 400,000
- Modality
- text+image->image
- Input modalities
- text, image
- Output modalities
- image
- Token pricing
- No per-token price in the source snapshot — see OpenRouter for the billing unit
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- Expiration date
- 01.12.2026
Tasks and capabilities
A grade appears only where the source supplies a matching measurement for that task, the model is active and the cohort holds at least 10 comparable models. The capability column lists facts the source declares — supported formats, reasoning and tool parameters — which are not measured quality.
| Task | Grade | Source-declared capability |
|---|---|---|
| General quality | No measurement | — |
| Coding | No measurement | — |
| Agents | No measurement | parameters: structured_outputs |
| Writing | No measurement | — |
| Reasoning | No measurement | — |
| Document analysis | No measurement | — |
| Vision | No measurement | input: image |
| Image generation | No measurement | output: image |
| Audio | No measurement | — |
| Video | No measurement | — |
| Embeddings | No measurement | — |
Evaluations
No evaluations are supplied for this model.
How grades work
Each letter grade compares a model only against other models scored by the same source and metric in the current snapshot. S means the top 10%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the rest. Models without a published measurement are shown as not rated — a supported format alone never implies measured quality.
- S — S — top 10% of the cohort
- A — A — next 20% of the cohort
- B — B — next 30% of the cohort
- C — C — below the B band
Providers
Optional live provider statistics from OpenRouter. Missing values are unknown, not zero.
| Provider | Context length | Price in /1M | Price out /1M | Latency p50 (30m, s) | Throughput p50 (30m, tok/s) | Uptime (30m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 400,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
Provider data retrieved: 13.11.2026
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