Processing 500 lines of code (~5,100 tokens) with o3-mini costs $0.00561 for codebase ingestion and $0.0101 for an AI-powered code review and refactoring pass.
Feed 500 lines of code into the prompt context for repository search, Q&A, or architecture planning.
Ingest 500 lines of code and generate audit findings, unit test recommendations, and refactor diffs.
o3-mini writes 500 lines of code from scratch based on product specifications.
| Model | Provider | Code Ingestion | Cached Ingestion | Code Review Cost | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o3-mini (Current) | openai | $0.00561 | $0.002805 | $0.0101 | 200,000 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | openai | $0.0102 | $0.00102 | $0.0224 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $0.0128 | $0.001275 | $0.0281 | 256,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $0.00561 | $0.001403 | $0.0101 | 256,000 |
| o1-mini | openai | $0.00561 | $0.002805 | $0.0101 | 128,000 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | anthropic | $0.0112 | $0.00112 | $0.0224 | 1,000,000 |
On average, code yields approximately 10.2 tokens per line in o3-mini (o200k_base tokenizer). Indentation, brackets, camelCase variable names, and comments slightly increase token density compared to plain English text. 500 lines of code produces approximately 5,100 tokens.
Sending 500 lines of code as context and generating a thorough code review with recommendations costs approximately $0.0101. Utilizing prompt caching on repeat turns or static repository definitions drops this to $0.007293.
o3-mini has a context window of 200,000 tokens. 500 lines of code consumes 2.55% of its total available context.