Azure retires gpt-realtime-mini on Sep 21, 2026: what to know
- Date
- Sep 21, 2026
- Model
gpt-realtime-mini- Named replacement
- None named
- Maker
- OpenAI
Price before and after
Not in the forecast. Price not modeled in v1.
Microsoft's page lists this version twice, with retirement dates 2027-04-06 and 2026-09-21; the earlier date is shown. Azure prices are not modeled in v1; this row lists the retirement date only.
Source
“gpt-realtime-mini 2025-10-06 GA 2026-09-21 —”
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule · checked Sep 29, 2026
Same model on other routes
- OpenAI API:
gpt-realtime-mini— shutdown Jan 20, 2027, replacementgpt-realtime-2.1-mini
Methodology and limits
Prices are list prices in USD per 1M tokens from the provider's pricing page; dates and named replacements come from the provider's deprecation page, quoted above with the date we last checked. The replacement is the provider's named replacement, not our recommendation — quality and behavior can differ. Discounts, committed-use or enterprise agreements, batch and regional pricing, and Azure OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock prices are not included. Dates marked "at least through" or "not before" are shown but never applied.Full methodology →