GPT-5 Mini: The Best AI Model for Price, Speed & Power
arsturn.com Created: August 19, 2025 Updated: February 25, 2026 link
Summary
Is GPT-5 Mini the most underrated AI model? Our deep dive analyzes its groundbreaking price, speed, and surprising intelligence. Discover why it's a game-changer.
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Curator's note
GPT-5 Mini excels in price/speed/power: $0.25/M input, $2/M output (5x cheaper GPT-5), cached inputs $0.025/M. 170 TPS throughput (fast streaming), 14s TTFT (fine non-realtime). 64 Intelligence Index: strong MMLU-Pro (83%), GPQA (80%), coding (69%). 400k context, multimodal. Ideal customer service, content, automation. Underrated workhorse.