Substitutes · GPT-5 Mini10 alternatives · within 10% performance · lower price
Cheaper alternatives to GPT-5 Mini
Drop-in substitutes within 10% of GPT-5 Mini's average benchmark, priced lower, sorted by price. Target price $0.250/M · target score 56.0.
gpt-oss-120b (free)
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Free
Score
68.7
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Save 100%·123% of GPT-5 Mini
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The cheapest drop-in alternative is gpt-oss-120b (free) at Free/M input · 100% cheaper than GPT-5 Mini with 123% of the benchmark score.