GPT-4o Mini Search Preview

deprecatedproprietary

Status: Shut down · Succeeded by gpt-5.6-terra

Intelligence
Speed
Context
128K
Max output
16K
Input price
$0.15/1M tokens
Output price
$0.6/1M tokens
Snapshots

Capabilities

Output Control
Structured Output
JSON Mode
Infrastructure
Streaming

Details

Model IDgpt-4o-mini-search-preview
Provider OpenAI
Creator openai
Familygpt-4o
Licenseproprietary
Statusdeprecated
Typechat
Input modalitiestext
Output modalitiestext
Open weightNo
Parameters—
Architecture—
Context window128K tokens
Max input—
Max output16K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff
Release date
Deprecation date
Retirement date
Successorgpt-5.6-terra
Sourceofficial

Endpoints

Chat CompletionsPOST
Generate chat responses with messageshttps://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions

Pricing

Text tokensPer 1M tokens
InputOutput
Standard$0.15$0.6

Family Comparison: gpt-4o

ModelContextMax outPricing
GPT-4o Mini Audio128K16K$0.15$0.6
GPT-4o Mini Search Preview128K16K$0.15$0.6
GPT-4o Mini128K16K$0.15$0.6
GPT-4o Mini Realtime16K4K$0.6$2.4
GPT-4o Mini TTS——$0.6—
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe16K2K$1.25$5
GPT-4o Audio128K16K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Search Preview128K16K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize16K2K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Transcribe16K2K$2.5$10
GPT-4o128K16K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Realtime32K4K$5$20

API

GET/v1/models/openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview

GPT-4o Mini Search Preview

deprecated
gpt-4o-mini-search-preview

Status: Shut down

gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11
Changes · 14 entries
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdateca7a400Nov 2, 2026, 03:02 AM
nameGPT-4o mini Search Preview→GPT-4o Mini Search Preview
descriptionGPT-4o mini Search Preview is a specialized model trained...→Status: Shut down
statusactive→deprecated
pricingtiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...→[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
page_urlhttps://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini...→https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini...
retirement_date2026-07-23
deprecation_date2026-04-22
successorgpt-5.6-terra
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdateb2f45bfOct 29, 2026, 03:29 AM
descriptionGPT-4o Mini Search Preview is a specialized model trained...→Status: Shut down
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdatecfa51b9Sep 24, 2026, 09:28 AM
deprecation_date2026-04-22
retirement_date2026-07-23
successorgpt-5.6-terra
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdate118451aSep 24, 2026, 07:08 AM
descriptionGPT-4o Mini Search Preview is a specialized model trained...→GPT-4o Mini Search Preview is a specialized model trained...
pricingtiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...→[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdatee3d7dedAug 31, 2026, 04:13 AM
nameGPT-4o mini Search Preview→GPT-4o Mini Search Preview
descriptionGPT-4o mini Search Preview is a specialized model trained...→GPT-4o Mini Search Preview is a specialized model trained...
statusactive→deprecated
page_urlhttps://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini...→https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini...
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdatee8ec634Mar 24, 2026, 07:27 PM
knowledge_cutoff2023-09→2023-10
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdatefa2bbbbMar 24, 2026, 05:22 AM
capabilitiesjson modeno→yes
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdatef43e286Mar 24, 2026, 04:45 AM
capabilitiesjson modeyes→notool callnofine tuningnoreasoningno
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdate1cd659eMar 24, 2026, 04:19 AM
knowledge_cutoff2023-10→2023-09
capabilitiesjson modeyes
page_urlhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini-searc...→https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini...
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdateb301ebeMar 23, 2026, 11:47 PM
knowledge_cutoff2023-09→2023-10
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdate2b100acMar 23, 2026, 05:30 AM
model_typechat
licenseproprietary
page_urlhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-4o-mini-searc...
open_weightno
release_date2025-03-11
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdateb50649fMar 21, 2026, 11:58 PM
namegpt-4o-mini-search-preview→GPT-4o mini Search Preview
model_typeother
pricingcached input$1.25batch input$1.25batch output$5tiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
capabilitiesstreamingyesvisionyes
knowledge_cutoff2023-09
taglineFast, affordable small model for web search
endpoints["chat_completions"]
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewupdatec9a70c5Mar 21, 2026, 08:12 AM
pricingcached input$1.25batch input$1.25batch output$5
gpt-4o-mini-search-previewcreate7f5c66fMar 21, 2026, 05:16 AM