OpenAI's most efficient model for focused, high-volume tasks
Specification
openai listing
Context
1.1M
Max output
128K
Released
2026-09-22
Knowledge cutoff
2026-05-18
Retires
2028-03-11
Open weights
no
Input
text, image, pdf
Output
text
Price
US dollars per million tokens · openai list price
Input
$0.10
Output
$0.50
Cache read
$0.01
Cache write
$0.125
Batch and priority prices
US dollars per million tokens · per listing
| Price | Listing | $/M |
|---|---|---|
| Batch input | openai | $0.05 |
| Batch output | openai | $0.25 |
| Priority input | openai | $0.20 |
| Priority output | openai | $1.00 |
| Priority output | databricks | $1.0003 |
Batch input is 50% below the interactive input price at the same listing.
Long-context price tiers
the rate above each context threshold
| Above | Price | $/M |
|---|---|---|
| 272K | cache creation input token cost above 12hr | $0.50 |
| 272K | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 272K | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 272K | Input | $0.20 |
| 272K | Output | $0.75 |
Quality
12 benchmarks · 2 sources
Composite
60th
percentile of 344 scored models
Rank
138 / 344
±0.07 sd
Evidence
12 × 2
3 or more benchmarks, from 2 or more sources
Effort range
—
one configuration only
reasoning65th3/4 bench
math90th3/7 bench
knowledge48th1/1 bench
general24th1/1 bench
Every score
one row per source and configuration — nothing averaged away
| Benchmark | Score | Configuration | Source | Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.9 ±0.7 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-22 |
| FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2 | 79.0 ±2.4 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-22 |
| GPQA diamond | 90.5 ±1.9 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-22 |
| FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2 | 56.1 ±7.8 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-22 |
| Chess Puzzles | 36.0 ±4.8 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-10-13 |
| Furniture Assembly | 44.2 ±6.4 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-28 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41.4 ±1.6 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-22 |
| LiveBench | 72.2 | max · 23 runs | LiveBench | 2026-06-25 |
| SpireClimb (Slay the Spire 1, Ascension 20 Heart) | 0.0 ±0.0 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-28 |
| SpireClimb | 0.0 ±0.0 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-28 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7.0 ±2.6 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-22 |
| SpireClimb (Slay the Spire 2, Ascension 10) | 0.0 ±0.0 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-28 |
The leading figure for a benchmark is the median across its configurations, so one heroic high-effort run cannot set the number.
Available from 63 hosts
| Host | In $/M | Out $/M | Cache rd | Cache wr | Context | Output | Retires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openaivendor | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M 922K | 128K | — |
| kunavo | $0.04 | $0.20 | $0.004 | $0.05 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| outerlabs | $0.06 | $0.30 | $0.006 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| uplinkswitch | $0.0625 | $0.20 | $0.0125 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| iteracompute | $0.08 | $0.40 | $0.008 | $0.10 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| 302ai | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| aihubmix | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| aimlapi | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| aixy | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| amazon-bedrock · global | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| azure | $0.10 $0.11 $0.12 | $0.50 $0.55 $0.60 | $0.01 $0.011 $0.012 | $0.125 $0.1375 $0.15 | 1.1M 922K | 128K | 2028-03-11 |
| azure_ai | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 922K | 128K | — |
| azure-cognitive-services | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| bedrock_converse | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 922K | 128K | — |
| bedrock_converse · global | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 922K | 128K | — |
| boundless | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| cheapest-token | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| cloudflare-ai-gateway | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| commandcode | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| crossmodel | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| databricks | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 922K | 128K | — |
| edenai | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| fastrouter | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 400K | 128K | — |
| frogbot | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| github_copilot · github-copilot | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 922K | 128K | — |
| github-copilot | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| gmi · gmi | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | — | 1.1M | — | — |
| kilo | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| llmgateway | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| llmgateway-providers | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| lowrouter · auto | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| merge-gateway | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| nano-gpt | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| nearai | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| neon | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| ofox | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| opencode | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| opencode_go · opencode-go | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 922K | 128K | — |
| opencode-go | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| openrouter | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| opper | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| perplexity | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | — | — | — | — |
| perplexity-agent | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| prime | $0.10 | $0.50 | — | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| requesty | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| sparrowcodes | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| standardcompute | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 50K | — |
| synthorai | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| vercel | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| vivgrid | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | $0.125 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| zerogpu · zerogpu | $0.10 | $0.50 | $0.01 | — | 272K | 128K | — |
| bumo | $0.106 | $0.53 | $0.0106 | $0.1325 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| amazon-bedrock | $0.11 | $0.55 | $0.011 | $0.1375 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| amazon-bedrock · us | $0.11 | $0.55 | $0.011 | $0.1375 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| bedrock_converse · us | $0.11 | $0.55 | $0.011 | $0.1375 | 922K | 128K | — |
| bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | $0.11 | $0.55 | $0.011 | $0.1375 | 922K | 128K | — |
| obscurify | $0.1105 | $0.5525 | $0.0111 | $0.1381 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| cortecs | $0.12 | $0.60 | $0.012 | $0.15 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| dothoosh | $0.1283 | $0.6417 | $0.0128 | $0.1604 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| void-api | $0.132 | $0.66 | $0.0132 | $0.138 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| kyma · kyma | $0.1639 | $0.8195 | $0.0135 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| chatgpt · chatgpt | — | — | — | — | 922K | 128K | — |
| sap-ai-core | — | — | — | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
Price history
append-only observations · a listing writes a row only when its price moves
| Date | Host | Field | $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | azure | Cache read | $0.01 |
| 2026-09-24 | azure | Cache read | $0.01 |
| 2026-09-23 | nano-gpt | Cache read | $0.005 |
| 2026-09-24 | nano-gpt | Cache read | $0.01 |
| 2026-09-23 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.01 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.01 |
| 2026-09-23 | azure | Cache write | $0.125 |
| 2026-09-24 | azure | Cache write | $0.125 |
| 2026-09-23 | nano-gpt | Cache write | $0.0625 |
| 2026-09-24 | nano-gpt | Cache write | $0.125 |
| 2026-09-23 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.125 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.125 |
| 2026-09-23 | azure | Input | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-24 | azure | Input | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-23 | nano-gpt | Input | $0.05 |
| 2026-09-24 | nano-gpt | Input | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-23 | openrouter | Input | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Input | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-23 | azure | Output | $0.50 |
| 2026-09-24 | azure | Output | $0.50 |
| 2026-09-23 | nano-gpt | Output | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-24 | nano-gpt | Output | $0.50 |
| 2026-09-23 | openrouter | Output | $0.50 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Output | $0.50 |
| 2026-09-24 | ofox | Cache read | $0.008 |
| 2026-10-17 | ofox | Cache read | $0.01 |
| 2026-09-24 | ofox | Cache write | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-17 | ofox | Cache write | $0.125 |
| 2026-09-24 | ofox | Input | $0.08 |
| 2026-10-17 | ofox | Input | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-24 | ofox | Output | $0.40 |
| 2026-10-17 | ofox | Output | $0.50 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Cache read | $0.013 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Cache read | $0.01 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Input | $0.13 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Input | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Output | $0.65 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Output | $0.50 |
| 2026-10-21 | aimlapi | Cache write | $0.1625 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Cache write | $0.125 |
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