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Databricks Gpt 5 Nano vs Openai Gpt 4o Mini

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 Nano

Context window

272K

272,000 tokens · ~204K words

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Openai

Model

Openai Gpt 4o Mini

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 Nano272K
Openai Gpt 4o Mini128K

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

Databricks Gpt 5 Nano has 112% more context capacity (272K vs 128K tokens).

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

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

Full specs

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

SpecDatabricks Gpt 5 NanoOpenai Gpt 4o Mini
Context window272,000 tokens (272K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens128,000 tokens (128K)N/A
Speed tierFastFast
VisionNoNo
Function callingNoNo
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
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 Nano inDatabricks Gpt 5 Nano outOpenai Gpt 4o Mini inOpenai Gpt 4o Mini out
Databricks$0.050/M$0.400/M
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Frequently asked questions

Databricks Gpt 5 Nano 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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