Substitutes · o3 Mini10 alternatives · within 10% performance · lower price

Cheaper alternatives to o3 Mini

Drop-in substitutes within 10% of o3 Mini's average benchmark, priced lower, sorted by price. Target price $1.10/M · target score 32.5.

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Free
Score
68.7
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131K
Save 100%·211% of o3 Mini
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Price
Free
Score
66.4
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131K
Save 100%·204% of o3 Mini
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Price
Free
Score
42.2
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131K
Save 100%·130% of o3 Mini
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Price
$0.015
Score
55.4
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1.0M
Save 99%·170% of o3 Mini
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Price
$0.018
Score
53.1
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131K
Save 98%·163% of o3 Mini
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Price
$0.019
Score
33.4
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131K
Save 98%·103% of o3 Mini
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Price
$0.025
Score
61.6
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1.0M
Save 98%·190% of o3 Mini
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Price
$0.030
Score
41.5
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1.0M
Save 97%·128% of o3 Mini
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Price
$0.030
Score
44.4
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33K
Save 97%·137% of o3 Mini
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Price
$0.030
Score
36.0
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8K
Save 97%·111% of o3 Mini
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The cheapest drop-in alternative is gpt-oss-120b (free) at Free/M input · 100% cheaper than o3 Mini with 211% of the benchmark score.