GPT4o mini valid usecases

After the release of GPT4o mini I decided to migrate some of my implementaton to this new model. Main reason was these implementations where very token consuming ( RAG pipelines).
The results were dreadful.

  • Very hard to have the model follow instructions
  • Results of function call were very unpredictable
  • The model introduced some markdown (I think) that I was not aware of
  • The reasoning of the model was very bad

The pro’s

  • THe model responded very fast (via Azure OpenAI that it)
  • It is cheap. Very cheap

I decided to go back to GPT4o after one day

What are your experiences with this model. What are valid usecases?