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GPT-4o-mini Search Preview vs Palmyra X5
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.
Model
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens · ~96K words
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.
Palmyra X5 has about 8.1× the context window of the other in this pair.
Palmyra X5 has 712% more context capacity (1040K vs 128K tokens).
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Palmyra X5. Its 1040K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).
Long output (reports, code files)
Use GPT-4o-mini Search 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.
| Spec | GPT-4o-mini Search Preview | Palmyra X5 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (128K) | 1,040,000 tokens (1040K) |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 tokens (16K) | 8,192 tokens (8K) |
| Speed tier | Fast | Balanced |
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Function calling | Yes | No |
| Extended thinking | No | No |
| Prompt caching | Yes | No |
| Batch API | Yes | No |
| Release date | Mar 2025 | Jan 2026 |
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.
| Provider | GPT-4o-mini Search Preview in | GPT-4o-mini Search Preview out | Palmyra X5 in | Palmyra X5 out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openai | $0.150/M | $0.600/M | — | — |
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