GPT-5 mini (High)
OpenAIProprietary
GPT-5 mini (High) is a vision-language model from OpenAI. It ranks 93 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1202±8 from 28,943 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#18 of 34). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenAI
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #93 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#18 of 34).
- Proprietary; used through OpenAI’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | GPT-5 (High) OpenAI | 1208 | 34,445 | Proprietary | +6 |
| 91 |  Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking Alibaba | 1207 | 2,387 | Apache 2.0 | +5 |
| 92 | NNVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B (NVFP4) NVIDIA | 1205 | 2,509 | OpenMDW-1.1 | +3 |
| 93 | GPT-5 mini (High) OpenAI | 1202 | 28,943 | Proprietary | |
| 94 |  Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) xAI | 1201 | 13,368 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 95 |  Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Non-Thinking, 09-2025) Google | 1198 | 4,862 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 96 | GPT-5.4 nano (High) OpenAI | 1196 | 25,624 | Proprietary | -6 |
Alternatives · More from OpenAI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | GPT-5.4 (High) OpenAI | 1303 | 30,747 | Proprietary |
| 21 | GPT-5.5 OpenAI | 1297 | 28,781 | Proprietary |
| 25 | GPT-5.5 (High) OpenAI | 1293 | 27,067 | Proprietary |
| 27 | GPT-5.4 OpenAI | 1292 | 22,804 | Proprietary |
| 29 | GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) OpenAI | 1288 | 2,330 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does GPT-5 mini (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 93 (1202); OCR rank 94 (1199); Diagrams rank 95 (1202); Homework rank 96 (1210); Captioning rank 18 (1217); Entity recognition rank 29 (1226); Creative writing rank 92 (1181); Humor rank 74 (1205); English rank 91 (1216); Chinese rank 88 (1214) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is GPT-5 mini (High) at OCR?
GPT-5 mini (High) ranks 94 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1199 (7,999 votes).
Is GPT-5 mini (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #88 of 128 (1214); English board: #91 of 167 (1216). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is GPT-5 mini (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through OpenAI’s apps or API.
How far is GPT-5 mini (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); GPT-5 mini (High) has 1202, 123 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.