Code Auditing for Security: o4-mini Deep Research (Tier 2)

Complete Analysis: 120,000 tokens for o4-mini Deep Research
⚡ 30% Cached

Complete analysis of pricing, performance, and use cases for OpenAI's o4-mini Deep Research model with 30% Cached.

⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API
$0.038250 (rounded ~ 0.04) Total Cost
120,000 Total Tokens
14 minutes, 16.00 seconds Processing Time
140 Effective Tokens/Sec

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o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAIMax Context: 128,000 tokens
$1 / $4 + citations research pricing
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Use Batch API (50% discount)
30%
Provider-specific multipliers applied after all calculations
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Number of requests (max 1M). Summary view auto-enabled >10k.

Calculate Token Costs

$0.038250 Total Cost
$0.017500 Input Cost
$0.020000 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
120,000Total Tokens
$0.000319Cost per 1K
3,137,255Tokens per $
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

14m 16s Processing Time
150 Tokens/Second
300ms Time to First Token
140 Effective Speed

Model Comparison

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Model Information

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🔄 Advanced Options

⚡ Optimization
Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after
🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Apply 1.5x multiplier to output tokens (GPT-5.4, Claude 4.6)
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)
🔧 Special Modes
Enable 4x Tunnel Multiplier (applied after markup)
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier
📚 Research & Citations
Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
Enable research tier pricing
Fee per source cited
🎤 Realtime Audio & Video
Session length for billing

o4-mini Deep Research OpenAI

$0.038250 (rounded ~ 0.04)
Total Cost
⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
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OCR Support
✗ Not Available
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Batch API
✓ Available
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Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.045000 (rounded ~ 0.05) Input: $0.025000 (rounded ~ 0.03)
Output: $0.020000
Optimized Cost $0.038250 (rounded ~ 0.04) Input: $0.025000 (rounded ~ 0.03)
Output: $0.020000
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.006750 (rounded ~ 0.01) 15.0% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 100,000 input tokens and 20,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.025000 (rounded ~ 0.03)
  • Output Cost: $0.020000
  • Total Cost: $0.038250 (rounded ~ 0.04)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000319
  • Tokens per dollar: 3,137,255 tokens
  • Context Window: 128000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 150 tokens per second and 300ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 14 minutes, 16.00 seconds
  • Latency: 300 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 150 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 140 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Autonomous vulnerability scanning in enterprise software.

✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

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📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 100,000
Output Tokens: 20,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 30%
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs o4-mini Deep Research
🏆 Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI
 $0.003325 (rounded ~ 0.00) Best Value ↓ 91.3% cheaper
🥈 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
 $0.007650 (rounded ~ 0.01) ↓ 80% cheaper
🥉 o4-mini
OpenAI
 $0.042075 (rounded ~ 0.04) ↑ 10% more
#4 Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
 $0.066500 (rounded ~ 0.07) ↑ 73.9% more
#5 GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI
 $0.101938 (rounded ~ 0.10) ↑ 166.5% more
#6 Grok 5
xAI
 $0.129750 ↑ 239.2% more
#7 Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
 $0.193000 (rounded ~ 0.19) ↑ 404.6% more
#8 GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI
 $0.241250 (rounded ~ 0.24) ↑ 530.7% more
#9 Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.257250 (rounded ~ 0.26) ↑ 572.5% more
#10 o3 Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.382500 (rounded ~ 0.38) ↑ 900% more
#11 Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.428750 (rounded ~ 0.43) ↑ 1020.9% more
#12 o3 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.765000 (rounded ~ 0.77) ↑ 1900% more
#13 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $1.223250 (rounded ~ 1.22) ↑ 3098% more
#14 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $1.223250 (rounded ~ 1.22) ↑ 3098% more
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Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.003325 (rounded ~ 0.00)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↓ 91.3%
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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.007650 (rounded ~ 0.01)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↓ 80%
🥉

o4-mini
OpenAI

$0.042075 (rounded ~ 0.04)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 10%
#4

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.066500 (rounded ~ 0.07)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 73.9%
#5

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$0.101938 (rounded ~ 0.10)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 166.5%
#6

Grok 5
xAI

$0.129750
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 239.2%
#7

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$0.193000 (rounded ~ 0.19)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 404.6%
#8

GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI

$0.241250 (rounded ~ 0.24)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 530.7%
#9

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$0.257250 (rounded ~ 0.26)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 572.5%
#10

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.382500 (rounded ~ 0.38)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 900%
#11

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$0.428750 (rounded ~ 0.43)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 1020.9%
#12

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.765000 (rounded ~ 0.77)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 1900%
#13

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$1.223250 (rounded ~ 1.22)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 3098%
#14

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$1.223250 (rounded ~ 1.22)
vs o4-mini Deep Research: ↑ 3098%
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