GPT-5 Image vs o4 Mini Deep Research: side-by-side summary

GPT-5 Image and o4 Mini Deep Research are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

GPT-5 Image, from OpenAI, has a 400,000-token context window and is priced at $10/M tokens input, $10/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

o4 Mini Deep Research, from OpenAI, has a 200,000-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Context window

• GPT-5 Image: 400,000 tokens
• o4 Mini Deep Research: 200,000 tokens

Price

• GPT-5 Image: $10/M tokens input, $10/M tokens output
• o4 Mini Deep Research: Pricing varies by provider

Provided by

• GPT-5 Image: OpenAI
• o4 Mini Deep Research: OpenAI

• GPT-5 Image model details, providers and pricing
• o4 Mini Deep Research model details, providers and pricing