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Replacement for gpt-4o-mini-tts: what changes when you switch

The official replacement is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini. gpt-4o-mini-tts shuts down on 2027-01-06 per OpenAI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-24). Published on the official docs: input price $0.6 per million tokens.

gpt-4o-mini-tts model page · OpenAI

Official replacement. Full diff page

gpt-4o-mini-tts to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini

Some values not published Checked 2026-10-24.

Price per 1M tokens

Price comparison. Example monthly cost for 10M input tokens and 2M output tokens. Labeled example, not a bill.
FieldOldNewChange
Input $0.6 $0.6 0% (same)
Output Not published $2.4 Not published
Cached input Not published $0.06 Not published
Example monthly cost Not published $10.8 Example only

Context and max output

Token limits
LimitOldNewChange
Context window Not published 128,000 Not published
Max output Not published 32,000 Not published

Capabilities that differ

No differing capability values are published for both models.

Endpoint changes

  • The October 1, 2026 text-to-speech entry says these models are removed on January 6, 2027. Migrate to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini. See the Realtime API guide to plan your migration. Source
  • The text-to-speech guide says this is a change of API workflow: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini is not a supported model for /v1/audio/speech. Existing integrations can use the Speech API (client.audio.speech.create, POST /v1/audio/speech) until shutdown. The Realtime API guide is https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/realtime. Source

Checklist

  1. Read the shutdown date for gpt-4o-mini-tts on the linked official page.
  2. Point your requests at gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
  3. Re-check price, context, and parameters on the provider pages linked here.
  4. Ship the change before the published shutdown date.

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Questions

What is the replacement for gpt-4o-mini-tts?

The official replacement is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini. gpt-4o-mini-tts shuts down on 2027-01-06 per OpenAI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-24). Published on the official docs: input price $0.6 per million tokens.

Is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini cheaper than gpt-4o-mini-tts?

A full price comparison is not published. One or both prices are missing from the official pages we checked.

Does gpt-realtime-2.1-mini have a bigger context window than gpt-4o-mini-tts?

Context window sizes are not both published on the official pages we checked.

Sources

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