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o4 Mini
by OpenAI
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RANKED #110 OF 313 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #149 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.6 · 743 VOICES ·
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OpenAI o4-mini is a compact reasoning model in the o-series, optimized for fast, cost-efficient performance while retaining strong multimodal and agentic capabilities. It supports tool use and demonstrates competitive reasoning...
HAPPY7.9
141 mentions
SAD7.1
108 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 153 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
o4 Mini is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.6
Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaTop open-weight dense vision-language model for coding, reasoning, and local use.💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE21.3k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.2
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekStrong multimodal agent and reasoning capabilities with vision and fast inference.💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💸 COST EFFICIENT5.5k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.8Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionAIFast, efficient multimodal MoE with native vision and video understanding.⚡ FAST💸 COST EFFICIENT🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY5.7k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
The internet is split on o4 Mini. Biggest praise: help with code. Biggest gripe: getting facts right.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (9 mentions)
- People feel it is worth the money (5 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Sometimes makes things up (10 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (7 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 10 thumbs down
- Help with codePEOPLE LOVE THIS
9 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
5 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
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Gemini 3.7 Flash
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- REDDIT · 2025-04-23 · 2020 UPVOTESChatGPT IS EXTREMELY DETECTABLE!
ChatGPT IS EXTREMELY DETECTABLE!
- REDDIT · 2026-01-29 · 1230 UPVOTESChatGPT is officially retiring GPT-4o (and GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini) on Feb 13th
ChatGPT is officially retiring GPT-4o (and GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini) on Feb 13th
- REDDIT · 2025-04-24 · 1195 UPVOTESI am in software engineering for more than 15 years. And I am addicted to the AI coding.
I am in software engineering for more than 15 years. And I am addicted to the AI coding.
- REDDIT · 2025-04-04 · 1158 UPVOTESWell well o3 full and o4 mini gonna launch in few weeks
Well well o3 full and o4 mini gonna launch in few weeks
- REDDIT · 2025-08-05 · 887 UPVOTESIf the open source model is this good, GPT5 will probably be INSANE
If the open source model is this good, GPT5 will probably be INSANE
- REDDIT · 2025-04-22 · 772 UPVOTESWhen you tell o4-mini that you are a paid user, it works extremely better
When you tell o4-mini that you are a paid user, it works extremely better
- REDDIT · 2025-08-05 · 692 UPVOTESFinally os models launched by openai !! At level of o4 mini !! Now we can say it's openai
Finally os models launched by openai !! At level of o4 mini !! Now we can say it's openai
- REDDIT · 2025-04-16 · 625 UPVOTESO4-mini correctly diagnosed my car based just on this image. I am shocked.
O4-mini correctly diagnosed my car based just on this image. I am shocked.
- REDDIT · 2025-04-16 · 606 UPVOTESOk o3 and o4 mini are here and they really has been cooking damn
Ok o3 and o4 mini are here and they really has been cooking damn
- REDDIT · 2025-04-28 · 584 UPVOTESNew data seems to be consistent with AI 2027's superexponential prediction
New data seems to be consistent with AI 2027's superexponential prediction
- REDDIT · 2025-04-16 · 406 UPVOTESBenchmark of o3 and o4 mini against Gemini 2.5 Pro
Benchmark of o3 and o4 mini against Gemini 2.5 Pro
- REDDIT · 2026-01-29 · 370 UPVOTES[ChatGPT] Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini
[ChatGPT] Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini