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R1 0528 vs GPT-5 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 0528 wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

GPT-5 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
GPT-5 Mini
Speed
GPT-5 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1 0528GPT-5 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.45$0.25 GPT-5 Mini
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.15$2.00 GPT-5 Mini
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.23$0.03 GPT-5 Mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5 Mini is 21% cheaper overall.

R1 0528 Providers

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GPT-5 Mini Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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R1 0528 Wins
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GPT-5 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1 0528GPT-5 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
27.141.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
24.035.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
76.090.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
84.983.7
GPQA
Graduate-level science
81.382.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
77.083.8
Aider
Real-world code editing
71.4--
AIME
Competition math
89.3--
GPT-5 Mini significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1 0528
163,840
tokens
GPT-5 Mini
400,000
tokens
GPT-5 Mini has a 59% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1 0528GPT-5 MiniWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s69.6 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s88.79s
GPT-5 Mini responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1 0528GPT-5 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1 0528GPT-5 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedMay 2025Aug 2025

R1 0528 Modalities

Input
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Output
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GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. GPT-5 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 35.3, compared to R1 0528's score of 24.0.
R1 0528 has a 163,840 token context window, while GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window.
R1 0528 does not support vision. GPT-5 Mini supports vision.