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GPT 4o mini
by OpenAI
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RANKED #99 OF 318 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #132 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.8 · 1,540 VOICES ·
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GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable...
HAPPY8.0
156 mentions
SAD7.0
137 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 979 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. OpenAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
GPT 4o mini is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS6.7
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeekNative multimodal MoE with top tier reasoning and coding at lower token cost.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💸 COST EFFICIENT💻 STRONG AT CODE13.8k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.8Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionAIFast lightweight MoE vision model with only 5.5B active parameters per token.💸 COST EFFICIENT⚡ FAST🪶 RUNS ON LESS5.7k VOICESMATCH★★★
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.3Dots3 NoteXiaohongshuOmni multimodal model processing images, video, and audio with 512K context.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE2.9k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with GPT 4o mini right now. Biggest praise: speed. Biggest gripe: working when you need it.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (5 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (11 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (4 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (4 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (4 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 11 thumbs down
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
5 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Help with codeA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- SpeedPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2025-09-08 · 1318 UPVOTESWow... we've been burning money for 6 months
Wow... we've been burning money for 6 months
- REDDIT · 2024-12-24 · 1115 UPVOTES76K robodogs now $1600, and AI is practically free, what the hell is happening?
76K robodogs now $1600, and AI is practically free, what the hell is happening?
- REDDIT · 2024-07-18 · 392 UPVOTESGPT-4o-mini is 2 times cheaper than GPT 3.5 Turbo
GPT-4o-mini is 2 times cheaper than GPT 3.5 Turbo
- REDDIT · 2024-07-18 · 250 UPVOTESGPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence
GPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence
- REDDIT · 2024-07-18 · 247 UPVOTESGPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence
GPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence
- REDDIT · 2025-05-09 · 214 UPVOTESSpent 9,400,000,000 OpenAI tokens in April. Here is what we learned
Spent 9,400,000,000 OpenAI tokens in April. Here is what we learned
- REDDIT · 2024-07-18 · 188 UPVOTESGPT 4o mini. 60% cheaper than 3.5 Turbo!!!
GPT 4o mini. 60% cheaper than 3.5 Turbo!!!
- REDDIT · 2025-02-25 · 182 UPVOTESWe are rolling out a version of Advanced Voice powered by GPT-4o mini to give all ChatGPT free users a chance to preview it daily across…
We are rolling out a version of Advanced Voice powered by GPT-4o mini to give all ChatGPT free users a chance to preview it daily across platforms.
- REDDIT · 2025-04-28 · 174 UPVOTESHow I built my first working AI agent in under 30 minutes (and how you can too)
How I built my first working AI agent in under 30 minutes (and how you can too)
- REDDIT · 2025-12-16 · 173 UPVOTESI will save you money...and probably sanity
I will save you money...and probably sanity
- REDDIT · 2025-07-07 · 170 UPVOTESMight be stating the obvious but
Might be stating the obvious but
- REDDIT · 2024-07-18 · 155 UPVOTESOpenAI will release GPT4o mini
OpenAI will release GPT4o mini