GPT-4o mini

v2024-07

OpenAI

Modelmultimodalvisioncost-effectivefast
81
Strong
About This Model

OpenAI's efficient multimodal model combining text and vision capabilities at competitive pricing. Designed for cost-sensitive applications requiring basic multimodal understanding.

Last Evaluated: November 8, 2025
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Trust Vector Analysis

Dimension Breakdown

🚀Performance & Reliability
+

Basic multimodal performance with fast inference. Good for simple vision + text tasks.

task accuracy code

Coding benchmarks

Evidence
HumanEval~32% pass rate (estimated)
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
task accuracy reasoning

Mathematical benchmarks

Evidence
MATH~45% mathematical reasoning
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
task accuracy general

Knowledge testing

Evidence
MMLU40.2% multitask understanding
highVerified: 2025-11-08
output consistency

Internal testing

Evidence
OpenAI TestingGood consistency
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
latency p50

Median latency

Evidence
OpenAI Documentation~0.7s typical
highVerified: 2025-11-08
latency p95

95th percentile

Evidence
highVerified: 2025-11-08
context window

Official specification

Evidence
OpenAI API Documentation128K context
highVerified: 2025-11-08
uptime

Historical uptime

Evidence
OpenAI Status99.9% uptime
highVerified: 2025-11-08
🛡️Security
+

Good security with multimodal safety considerations.

prompt injection resistance

Adversarial testing

Evidence
OpenAI SafetyGood resistance
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
jailbreak resistance

Safety testing

Evidence
OpenAI SafetySafety mechanisms
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
data leakage prevention

Policy analysis

Evidence
OpenAI PrivacyAPI data not used for training
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
output safety

Safety benchmarks

Evidence
OpenAI SafetyComprehensive safety
highVerified: 2025-11-08
api security

Security review

Evidence
OpenAI APIStandard API security
highVerified: 2025-11-08
🔒Privacy & Compliance
+

Standard OpenAI privacy with 30-day retention.

data residency

Documentation review

Evidence
OpenAI DocumentationUS infrastructure
highVerified: 2025-11-08
training data optout

Policy analysis

Evidence
OpenAI PrivacyAPI opt-out by default
highVerified: 2025-11-08
data retention

Terms review

Evidence
OpenAI Terms30-day retention
highVerified: 2025-11-08
pii handling

Documentation review

Evidence
OpenAI DocumentationCustomer responsible
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
compliance certifications

Certification verification

Evidence
OpenAI TrustSOC 2, GDPR
highVerified: 2025-11-08
zero data retention

Policy review

Evidence
OpenAI Documentation30-day retention
highVerified: 2025-11-08
👁️Trust & Transparency
+

Good transparency with multimodal safety considerations.

explainability

Reasoning evaluation

Evidence
Model BehaviorReasonable explanations
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
hallucination rate

Factual QA testing

Evidence
SimpleQAModerate hallucination
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
bias fairness

Bias benchmarks

Evidence
OpenAI SafetyBias testing applied
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
uncertainty quantification

Qualitative assessment

Evidence
Model BehaviorBasic uncertainty
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
model card quality

Documentation review

Evidence
OpenAI DocumentationGood documentation
highVerified: 2025-11-08
training data transparency

Public disclosure

Evidence
OpenAI StatementsGeneral description
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
guardrails

Safety system analysis

Evidence
Safety SystemsMultimodal guardrails
highVerified: 2025-11-08
⚙️Operational Excellence
+

Excellent operational maturity with multimodal capabilities.

api design quality

API review

Evidence
OpenAI APIRESTful multimodal API
highVerified: 2025-11-08
sdk quality

SDK review

Evidence
OpenAI SDKsHigh-quality SDKs
highVerified: 2025-11-08
versioning policy

Policy review

Evidence
OpenAI VersioningClear versioning
highVerified: 2025-11-08
monitoring observability

Tool review

Evidence
OpenAI DashboardUsage dashboard
mediumVerified: 2025-11-08
support quality

Support assessment

Evidence
OpenAI SupportEmail support
highVerified: 2025-11-08
ecosystem maturity

Ecosystem analysis

Evidence
EcosystemMature ecosystem
highVerified: 2025-11-08
license terms

Terms review

Evidence
OpenAI TermsClear terms
highVerified: 2025-11-08
Strengths
  • +Multimodal (text + vision) capabilities
  • +Fast response times (~0.7s p50)
  • +Cost-effective for multimodal tasks
  • +Large 128K context window
  • +Good for image understanding and OCR
  • +Mature OpenAI ecosystem
Limitations
  • !Limited knowledge depth (40.2% MMLU)
  • !Basic coding capabilities
  • !30-day data retention
  • !Not HIPAA eligible
  • !Moderate hallucination rate
  • !Performance trades for multimodal efficiency
Metadata
pricing
input: $0.15 per 1M tokens
output: $0.60 per 1M tokens
notes: Cost-effective multimodal pricing
last verified: 2025-11-09
context window: 128000
languages
0: English
1: Spanish
2: French
3: German
4: Italian
5: Portuguese
6: Japanese
7: Korean
8: Chinese
modalities
0: text
1: image
2: vision
api endpoint: https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions
open source: false
architecture: Transformer-based multimodal
parameters: Not disclosed

Use Case Ratings

code generation

Basic coding capabilities.

customer support

Good for support with vision (image understanding).

content creation

Good multimodal content creation.

data analysis

Basic analysis with image/chart understanding.

research assistant

Good for research with multimodal inputs.

legal compliance

Basic legal tasks. 30-day retention may limit use.

healthcare

Not HIPAA eligible.

financial analysis

Good for chart/graph analysis.

education

Excellent for education with diagram understanding.

creative writing

Good creative writing with image context.