OpenAI: GPT-5 Image

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image is a large language model from OpenAI. It costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens. Its context window is 400K tokens.

ReasoningStructured outputPrompt cachingimage inputfile input

Input / 1M tokens: $10.00
Output / 1M tokens: $10.00
Cached input / 1M: $1.25
Context window: 400K

This model also charges $0.01 per search request

That is $10.00 per 1,000 requests, billed on top of the token prices above. On a typical 1,000-in / 500-out exchange the tokens cost $0.015, so the search fee is 67% on top. Per-token rankings elsewhere ignore this entirely.

Who serves it cheapest

1 hosts serve GPT-5 Image. Same weights, same API - the price difference is pure margin and routing.

Providers serving OpenAI: GPT-5 Image, cheapest first
Provider	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context	Throughput	Uptime 24h
OpenAICheapest	$10.00	$10.00	400K	-	100.0%

About GPT-5 Image

[GPT-5](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5) Image combines OpenAI's GPT-5 model with state-of-the-art image generation capabilities. It offers major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience while incorporating GPT Image 1's superior instruction following,...

Specifications

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image specifications
Model ID	`openai/gpt-5-image`
Provider	OpenAI
Context window	400K tokens
Max output	128K tokens
Input modalities	image, text, file
Output modalities	image, text
Knowledge cutoff	-
Open weights	No
Released	October 14, 2025

Cheaper alternatives

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GPT-5.4 Image 2

$8.00 in · $15.00 out

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Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Claude Sonnet 4.5

$3.00 in · $15.00 out

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Claude Sonnet 4

$3.00 in · $15.00 out

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GPT-5.4

$2.50 in · $15.00 out

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Frequently asked

How much does OpenAI: GPT-5 Image cost?

$10.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens. Cached input reads cost $1.25 per million tokens.

What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5 Image?

400K tokens, with up to 128K tokens of output per request.

Does OpenAI: GPT-5 Image have extra fees beyond per-token pricing?

Yes. OpenAI: GPT-5 Image charges $0.01 per search request - $10.00 per 1,000 requests - on top of $10.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens. On a typical 1,000-input / 500-output exchange the search fee alone is 67% on top.

Confirm against the source: OpenAI official pricing.