Model index · Music & Sound · text to speech · standard · OpenAI · released 2026-01-19
GPT Audio Mini pricing
Served by 2 providers from $1.05 to $1.05 per 1M tokens on the standard tier.
A cost-efficient version of GPT Audio. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency. Input is priced at $0.60 per million...
OpenAI · first published 2026-01-19 · Music & Sound model · text to speech · 128k context · description as published by the source, not written by us
$1.05
Cheapest standard /1M — OpenAI
128k
Native context window
2
Providers serving it
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Quality not measured yet
Quality not measured yet
We measure models on request rather than pre-scoring the whole catalog, so this one has no score yet. Absence of a score is not a low score.
Every provider and service tier
Standard on-demand rows first, cheapest of each group first. Tiers are not interchangeable — see the note below the table.
| Provider | In /1M | Out /1M | Blended /1M | Tier | Region | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI cheapest standard | $0.6000 | $2.40 | $1.05 | standard | — | third_party |
| OpenRouter (default route) * resells other hosts | $0.6000 | $2.40 | $1.05 | standard | — | provider_api |
* OpenRouter chooses a host for each request, and the figure above is what its default choice costs — not a fixed rate for this model. Selecting a specific host through the same account costs whatever that host charges, which is why this row can sit above or below the hosts listed beside it. Token rates are passed through from the underlying provider with no markup, so the per-1M price above is what that host charges directly — OpenRouter's own charge sits on funding instead: 5.5% (min $0.80) by Stripe or 5% by Coinbase to buy credits, 5% of the equivalent spend if you bring your own provider key. So budget about 5% above the rate shown unless you already hold credit. Fee schedule.
Before you switch
Identical weights do not guarantee identical output. Check that the cheaper host serves the model at full precision rather than a quantised copy, that its context window matches what you need, and that its rate limits carry your peak traffic. A cheaper host that cannot take your throughput is not cheaper — it is an outage.
Move to OpenAI without a rewrite
VernaOne fronts every provider on this page with one API, so switching host is a config change — with automatic fallback if quality or latency regresses.
Try VernaOne free →Frequently asked
How much does GPT Audio Mini cost?
The cheapest standard-tier provider is OpenAI at $1.05 per 1M tokens blended (3:1 input:output). Prices change often; verify with the provider before budgeting.
Which provider is best for GPT Audio Mini?
Cheapest is not automatically best. Compare quantisation (a lossy copy of the weights changes output), the context window each host actually serves, and rate limits. Where a provider serves less context than the model's native window we flag it in the table above.
Can I switch providers for GPT Audio Mini without changing code?
Yes, if you route through an abstraction. VernaOne exposes one API across every provider listed here, so switching host is a config change and you keep automatic fallback if the new one degrades.
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