How do you start calling gpt-audio-mini?

Use the model ID gpt-audio-mini through the compatible Chat Completions endpoint. It is a cost-efficient audio model.

How does gpt-audio-mini compare to gpt-audio?

gpt-audio-mini is more cost-efficient but may have lower quality. Test your specific audio tasks to determine the best fit.

How much does gpt-audio-mini cost?

Check the current pricing page. gpt-audio-mini is priced as a cost-efficient alternative to gpt-audio.

How much does prompt caching save on gpt-audio-mini?

gpt-audio-mini supports prompt caching, which can significantly reduce costs for repeated prompts with shared prefixes. The cache read price is substantially lower than the standard input price. Check the current pricing page for the exact cache hit discount ratio for gpt-audio-mini.

Does gpt-audio-mini support streaming?

Confirm the current capabilities in the model documentation. Test with your specific audio requirements.

What is the max output length for gpt-audio-mini?

gpt-audio-mini supports up to 16384 output tokens per request. Plan your prompts to stay within this limit, and use the max_tokens or max_completion_tokens parameter to control output length.

Can you call GPT-Audio Mini with the OpenAI SDK you already use?

Yes. GPT-Audio Mini is reachable through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so an existing OpenAI SDK client works after pointing the base URL at MixRoute and setting the model parameter to gpt-audio-mini . Keep your current request and response handling.

Model detail

GPT-Audio Mini

Provided by OpenAI

Pay-as-you-go

A lower-cost GPT-Audio variant supporting audio input and output for audio-enabled conversational applications.

Model specs

Model ID: gpt-audio-mini

Context length: 128K
Max output: 16.384K
I/O modalities
Released: 2025-10

API endpoints

One MixRoute gateway, OpenAI-compatible

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions POST

Pricing

Flat rate, unit: /1M Tokens

Input

$75.0000 /1M Tokens

Completion

$150.0000 /1M Tokens

Selection summary

Quickly judge whether it fits your workload

What is this model good for?

A lower-cost GPT-Audio variant supporting audio input

A lower-cost GPT-Audio variant supporting audio input and output for audio-enabled conversational applications.

What should you check before using it?

Confirm audio formats, sample rates, and pricing

GPT-Audio Mini supports tool calling, streaming and the OpenAI SDK. Knowledge cutoff: 2023-10-01. Released 2025-10-06. It is billed at 10.00 USD per 1M tokens. Test a representative workload before production.

Why use it through MixRoute?

Swap the base URL, keep the GPT-Audio Mini client

MixRoute serves GPT-Audio Mini on the OpenAI-compatible endpoint /v1/chat/completions; point your existing client at https://api.mixroute.ai/v1 with the model ID gpt-audio-mini and re-run your integration tests.

Capabilities & compatibility

Unconfirmed capabilities stay "Unknown," no guesses

Tool calling

GPT-Audio Mini supports function and tool calls.

EX Send a tools definition; the response returns tool_calls to execute and feed results back.

Streaming

GPT-Audio Mini supports streamed responses.

EX stream: true streams tokens incrementally, so chat UIs render as they arrive.

OpenAI SDK

Call GPT-Audio Mini through MixRoute's OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

EX Change base_url to https://api.mixroute.ai/v1; everything else follows the OpenAI style.

Token cost estimator

Live estimate from this page's pricing, not an actual bill

Input tokens Max per request 128K

Output tokens Max per request 16.384K

Requests / month

Cache hit rate –

This model has no cache-read price; caching is not counted

FAQ

For gpt-audio-mini, set the max_tokens or max_completion_tokens parameter to control spending per call. Start with a budget aligned to your typical response length and increase only when longer outputs are genuinely needed. Monitor token usage in the API response headers to tune your budget over time.

Get started

01

Create an API key

Generate a key in the Console; one key calls every model.
02

Set the base URL

Fully OpenAI SDK-compatible; just swap the URL to connect.

https://api.mixroute.ai/v1
03

Specify the model ID

In the request's model field, enter:

gpt-audio-mini

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New users get $5 in free credits

Test this model and alternate routes with the same request format

Start from a real workload, then let quality, total cost, and failure conditions decide whether to send production traffic.

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