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Databricks Gpt 5 Mini vs Gpt 4o Search Preview 2025 03 11

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Openai

Model

Databricks Gpt 5 Mini

Context window

272K

272,000 tokens · ~204K words

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Openai

Model

Gpt 4o Search Preview 2025 03 11

Image inputTool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Databricks Gpt 5 Mini272K
Gpt 4o Search Preview 2025 03 11128K

Databricks Gpt 5 Mini has about 2.1× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Databricks Gpt 5 Mini has 112% more context capacity (272K vs 128K tokens). Databricks Gpt 5 Mini is 90% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Databricks Gpt 5 Mini. Its 272K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Databricks Gpt 5 Mini. Input tokens are 90% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Databricks Gpt 5 Mini. Its 128K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecDatabricks Gpt 5 MiniGpt 4o Search Preview 2025 03 11
Context window272,000 tokens (272K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens128,000 tokens (128K)16,384 tokens (16K)
Speed tierFastBalanced
VisionNoYes
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoYes
Batch APINoYes
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderDatabricks Gpt 5 Mini inDatabricks Gpt 5 Mini outGpt 4o Search Preview 2025 03 11 inGpt 4o Search Preview 2025 03 11 out
Databricks$0.250/M$2.00/M——
Openai——$2.50/M$10.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Databricks Gpt 5 Mini has a larger context window: 272K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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