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OpenAI: OpenAI o4 Mini

openai/o4-mini

Access OpenAI o4 Mini from OpenAI using Puter.js AI API.

Get Started
// npm install @heyputer/puter.js
import { puter } from '@heyputer/puter.js';

puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
    model: "openai/o4-mini"
}).then(response => {
    document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
<html>
<body>
    <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
    <script>
        puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
            model: "openai/o4-mini"
        }).then(response => {
            document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/",
    api_key="YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/o4-mini",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
    ],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)
curl https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/o4-mini",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
    ]
  }'

Model Card

OpenAI o4 Mini is a fast, cost-efficient reasoning model optimized for coding and visual tasks. It achieves remarkable performance for its size with full tool access in ChatGPT, succeeded by GPT-5 Mini.

Context Window 200K

tokens

Max Output 100K

tokens

Input Cost $1.1

per million tokens

Output Cost $4.4

per million tokens

Input text, image

modalities

Tool Use Yes

 

Knowledge Cutoff May 2024

 

Release Date Apr 16, 2025

 

Output Speed 133

tokens / sec

Latency 32.91s

time to first token

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Benchmarks

How OpenAI o4 Mini performs on standard evaluations.

Artificial Analysis
Intelligence Index
33.1
Better than 79% of tracked models
Artificial Analysis
Coding Index
25.6
Better than 68% of tracked models
Artificial Analysis
Math Index
90.7
Better than 91% of tracked models
BenchmarkScore
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level science Q&A
78.4%
Humanity's Last Exam Cross-domain reasoning
17.5%
LiveCodeBench Recent coding problems
85.9%
SciCode Scientific programming
46.5%
MATH-500 Competition math
98.9%
AIME 2024 Advanced math exam
94.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math exam
90.7%
IFBench Instruction following
68.7%
LCR Long-context reasoning
55.0%
Terminal-Bench Hard Agentic terminal tasks
15.2%
τ²-Bench Tool use / agents
55.6%

Scores sourced from Artificial Analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use OpenAI o4 Mini?

You can access OpenAI o4 Mini by OpenAI through Puter.js AI API. Include the library in your web app or Node.js project and start making calls with just a few lines of JavaScript — no backend and no configuration required. You can also use it with Python or cURL via Puter's OpenAI-compatible API.

Is OpenAI o4 Mini free?

Yes, it is free if you're using it through Puter.js. With the User-Pays Model, you can add OpenAI o4 Mini to your app at no cost — your users pay for their own AI usage directly, making it completely free for you as a developer.

What is the pricing for OpenAI o4 Mini?
Pricing for OpenAI o4 Mini is based on the number of input and output tokens used per request.
Price per 1M tokens
Input$1.1
Output$4.4
Who created OpenAI o4 Mini?

OpenAI o4 Mini was created by OpenAI and released on Apr 16, 2025.

What is the context window of OpenAI o4 Mini?

OpenAI o4 Mini supports a context window of 200K tokens. For reference, that is roughly equivalent to 400 pages of text.

What is the max output length of OpenAI o4 Mini?

OpenAI o4 Mini can generate up to 100K tokens in a single response.

What is the knowledge cutoff of OpenAI o4 Mini?

OpenAI o4 Mini has a knowledge cutoff date of May 2024. This means the model was trained on data available up to that date.

What types of input can OpenAI o4 Mini process?

OpenAI o4 Mini accepts the following input types: text, image. It produces: text.

Does OpenAI o4 Mini support tool use (function calling)?

Yes, OpenAI o4 Mini supports tool use (function calling), allowing it to interact with external tools, APIs, and data sources as part of its response flow.

Does it work with React / Vue / Vanilla JS / Node / etc.?

Yes — the OpenAI o4 Mini API works with any JavaScript framework, Node.js, or plain HTML through Puter.js. Just include the library and start building. See the documentation for more details.

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