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Migrating from gpt-4o-mini-realtime to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini

What changes when you move from gpt-4o-mini-realtime to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: prices, limits, features and parameters, read from each company's own pages.

Status
Deprecated
Shutdown
Jan 20, 2027
Time left
97 days
Status
Active
Shutdown
none announced
Time left
—

Prices

USD per 1M tokens, standard tier
Typegpt-4o-mini-realtimegpt-realtime-2.1-miniChange
InputNot published$0.60first seen October 1, 2026 · source—
Cached inputNot published$0.06first seen October 1, 2026 · source—
OutputNot published$2.40first seen October 1, 2026 · source—

Other tiers, prompt-size bands and modalities are on each model's page.

Limits

Tokens
Limitgpt-4o-mini-realtimegpt-realtime-2.1-miniChange
Context windowNot published128,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026) · source—
Max output tokensNot published32,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026) · source—

Features and parameters

Compare models

No feature is published for both models, so none can be compared.

Not published for gpt-4o-mini-realtime: Structured outputs, Function calling, Prompt caching, Batch API, Image input, PDF input, Reasoning / thinking, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Context window, Max output tokens.

Not published for gpt-realtime-2.1-mini: Structured outputs, Image input, PDF input, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.

No aliases point at either model.

On cloud platforms

All platform dates
ModelPlatformPlatform IDShutdownTime left
gpt-realtime-2.1-miniMicrosoft Foundryversion 2026-07-07gpt-realtime-2.1-miniJun 25, 2027Active253 days

Read daily from each platform's own pages. The status above uses each company's own date. Time left counts to 00:00 UTC on the shutdown date, which is the evening before in ET.

Checklist

  1. Change the model string from gpt-4o-mini-realtime to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
Time until shutdown
96days
11hours
24min
16sec

Counting to 7:00 pm ET on January 19, 2027, which is 00:00 UTC on January 20, 2027.

Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: gpt-4o-mini-realtime, gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.