GPT-Realtime Mini Deprecated

OpenAI Voice and realtime Oct 6, 2025

GPT-Realtime Mini is a model from OpenAI, listed under Voice and realtime. It was released on Oct 6, 2025. Its headline price is $10.00 / 1M audio tokens. It costs less than 71% of the 8 available models in its category. Prices as of Oct 22, 2026, from the provider's official pricing page.

This model is scheduled for retirement. Plan a migration.

Headline price
$10.00 / 1M audio tokens
Context window
32k tokens
Max output
4k
Knowledge cutoff
Oct 2023

Current prices

ItemPrice
Audio input (audio) $10.00 / 1M audio tokens
Audio output (audio) $20.00 / 1M audio tokens

Checked against the provider page on Oct 22, 2026.

Price history

No price change recorded for this model yet.

How it compares

Price among Voice and realtimeEvery available model in Voice and realtime with a comparable price. Further right costs more. Logarithmic scale: each step is ten times the last.
$5$10$20Gemini 3.8 Live: $3.00 / 1M tokensGPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini: $10.00 / 1M tokensGPT-Audio-1.5: $32.00 / 1M tokensGPT-Realtime-2.1: $32.00 / 1M tokensGPT-Realtime-1.5: $32.00 / 1M tokensGPT-Realtime-2: $32.00 / 1M tokensGPT-Realtime: $32.00 / 1M tokensGPT-Realtime Mini: $10.00 / 1M tokens$10.00 / 1M tokens
Show data
ModelValue
Gemini 3.8 Live$3.00 / 1M tokens
GPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini$10.00 / 1M tokens
GPT-Audio-1.5$32.00 / 1M tokens
GPT-Realtime-2.1$32.00 / 1M tokens
GPT-Realtime-1.5$32.00 / 1M tokens
GPT-Realtime-2$32.00 / 1M tokens
GPT-Realtime$32.00 / 1M tokens
GPT-Realtime Mini$10.00 / 1M tokens

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Frequently asked questions

How much does GPT-Realtime Mini cost?

GPT-Realtime Mini is priced at audio input (audio) $10.00 / 1M tokens, audio output (audio) $20.00 / 1M tokens, according to OpenAI's published pricing (checked Oct 22, 2026).

What is the context window of GPT-Realtime Mini?

GPT-Realtime Mini accepts up to 32k tokens per request. It can write up to 4k tokens in one response.

Is GPT-Realtime Mini still available?

It still works, but it is deprecated: OpenAI plans to retire it.

When was GPT-Realtime Mini released?

GPT-Realtime Mini was released in Oct 6, 2025.

What is the API model ID for GPT-Realtime Mini?

Use gpt-realtime-mini when calling the OpenAI API.

What are the alternatives to GPT-Realtime Mini?

Models in the same category at a similar price include GPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini (OpenAI), Gemini 3.8 Live (Google), GPT-Audio-1.5 (OpenAI) and GPT-Realtime-2.1 (OpenAI).