OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini: AI model
GPT-5 Image Mini is an OpenAI image-generation model that turns text and reference images into new visuals. Served asynchronously from inside Iran through Hormouz.
- Context window:
- 400,000 tokens
- Input:
- $2.5/1M tokens
- Output:
- $2/1M tokens
- Type:
- text, image
- Vision
- Streaming
- Long context
Thinking levels: Always thinks
GPT-5 Image Mini is a compact multimodal model pairing GPT-5 Mini language skills with efficient image generation. GPT-5 Image Mini is a lighter, more efficient image-generation model for text-and-image input, aimed at cost-sensitive visual workloads. It supports a context window of up to 400K tokens, with training data through Sep 2024.
GPT-5 Image Mini accepts text and image input and returns generated images. It is served through Hormouz behind an asynchronous predictions API. Submit a request, then poll until it is ready. Point your base URL at Hormouz and use a Hormouz key to call it from your existing code.
Pricing is usage-based: $2.5 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens. Hormouz provides stable access to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.
GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI's advanced language capabilities, powered by GPT-5 Mini, with GPT Image 1 Mini for efficient image generation. This natively multimodal model features superior instruction following, text...
Quickstart
# The image comes back as a data: URI on message.images, not as text.
URL=$(curl -s https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "openai/gpt-5-image-mini",
"modalities": ["image", "text"],
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "A red apple on a wooden table"}]
}' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.images[0].image_url.url')
# Take the extension from the URI itself — this model may answer png or jpeg.
EXT=$(printf '%s' "$URL" | sed -n 's|^data:image/\([a-z]*\);.*|\1|p')
printf '%s' "$URL" | sed 's/^data:[^,]*,//' | base64 -d > "output.${EXT:-png}"Specs
| Vendor | OpenAI |
|---|---|
| Type | Text, Image |
| Context window | 400,000 tokens |
| Pricing | $2.50/M in · $2.00/M out |
| API | Chat Completions |
| Capabilities | Streaming · Vision |
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Code example
# The image comes back as a data: URI on message.images, not as text.
URL=$(curl -s https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "openai/gpt-5-image-mini",
"modalities": ["image", "text"],
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "A red apple on a wooden table"}]
}' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.images[0].image_url.url')
# Take the extension from the URI itself — this model may answer png or jpeg.
EXT=$(printf '%s' "$URL" | sed -n 's|^data:image/\([a-z]*\);.*|\1|p')
printf '%s' "$URL" | sed 's/^data:[^,]*,//' | base64 -d > "output.${EXT:-png}"import base64
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="ng-YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.hormouz.net/v1")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="openai/gpt-5-image-mini",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "A red apple on a wooden table"}],
modalities=["image", "text"],
)
# message.content is None on an image reply — the picture is in message.images.
for i, img in enumerate(response.choices[0].message.images or []):
header, b64 = img["image_url"]["url"].split(",", 1)
ext = "png" if "image/png" in header else "jpg"
with open(f"output_{i}.{ext}", "wb") as f:
f.write(base64.b64decode(b64))import OpenAI from "openai";
import fs from "node:fs";
const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: "ng-YOUR_API_KEY", baseURL: "https://api.hormouz.net/v1" });
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "openai/gpt-5-image-mini",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "A red apple on a wooden table" }],
modalities: ["image", "text"],
});
// message.content is null on an image reply — the picture is in message.images.
(response.choices[0].message.images ?? []).forEach((img, i) => {
const url = img.image_url.url;
const ext = url.startsWith("data:image/png") ? "png" : "jpg";
fs.writeFileSync(`output_${i}.${ext}`, Buffer.from(url.slice(url.indexOf(",") + 1), "base64"));
});Buy the OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini API, paid in rial
- Buy credit with an Iranian bank card; no foreign card or account needed.
- One Hormouz key reaches OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini and 600+ other models, and you pay only for what you use.
- No VPN and no risk of a banned account; just change the base URL to api.hormouz.net/v1.
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Request company accessFAQ
- How much does GPT-5 Image Mini cost?
- Billing is usage-based: $2.5 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens. There is no fixed monthly fee. You pay only for what you use, and current rates are shown in the Hormouz dashboard.
- How do I access GPT-5 Image Mini from inside Iran?
- Create an account on Hormouz and generate an API key. Hormouz provides a stable path to GPT-5 Image Mini from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.
- How do I call GPT-5 Image Mini?
- GPT-5 Image Mini runs through Hormouz behind an asynchronous predictions API: submit a request with your prompt (and optional reference image), then poll until the image is ready. Point your base URL at Hormouz and use a Hormouz key.
- What can GPT-5 Image Mini do?
- GPT-5 Image Mini generates and edits images from text and reference images. It accepts a context of up to 400K tokens for the text side of the request and returns generated images.
- What is GPT-5 Image Mini good for?
- GPT-5 Image Mini is a good fit for generating and editing product imagery, illustrations, concept art and marketing visuals from text prompts and reference images.
- What is GPT-5 Image Mini's knowledge cutoff?
- GPT-5 Image Mini's training data runs through Sep 2024. For information newer than that, provide the relevant context in your prompt.
Updated 2026-10-13