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Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview vs Gpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17

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

Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview

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128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Openai

Model

Gpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17

Tool 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.

Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview128K
Gpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17128K

Same context window size for both models.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview and Gpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17 have identical context windows (128K tokens). Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview is 97% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview. Input tokens are 97% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Gpt 4o Mini Audio Preview. Its 16K 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.

SpecGpt 4o Mini Audio PreviewGpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens16,384 tokens (16K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierFastBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoYes
Batch APIYesYes
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.

ProviderGpt 4o Mini Audio Preview inGpt 4o Mini Audio Preview outGpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17 inGpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17 out
Azure——$5.50/M$22.00/M
Openai$0.150/M$0.600/M$5.00/M$20.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Gpt 4o Realtime Preview 2024 12 17 has a larger context window: 128K 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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