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# OpenAI: GPT-5 Image — unrated, priced in this catalogue · Undominated.ai

> OpenAI: GPT-5 Image: $10.00/M in, $10.00/M out. No independent quality score in this catalogue — unrated, not ranked, not scored zero.

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MODEL PROOF

# GPT-5 Image

OpenAI · 14 Oct 2025

 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic

NOT INDEPENDENTLY RATED

## No independent LMArena score is published for this model.

 **$10.00** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out

Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026

 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) Independent LMArena score Not independently rated
 Context window 400K
 Maximum output 128K
 Input modalities image, text, file
 Output modalities image, text
 Published input price $10.00 / 1M tokens
 Published output price $10.00 / 1M tokens
 Pricing kind fixed

Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below.

Price from OpenAI: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate.

 Every price dimension · USD per million tokens

| Input | $10.00 /M |
| --- | --- |
| Output | $10.00 /M |
| Cached input | $1.25 /M |
| Cache write | Unknown /M |
| Cache write 1h | Unknown /M |
| Reasoning | Unknown /M |
| Web search | $0.01 /call |

### Who sells it

The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs.

 1 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions

Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test.

| Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seller OpenAI openai Endpoint terms Cached input /M $1.25 Context limit 400,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Not listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $10.00 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.98% |

### Independent scores

No independent benchmark has measured this model. Unrated is not a score of zero.

#### Best rankings by task

 - Graphicdesign #8 1175
- Image #9 1190
- Logo #9 1204

Per-task Elo and rank from [Design Arena](https://designarena.ai), via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list.

### Capability

| Context window | 400K |
| --- | --- |
| Max output | 128K |
| Input modes | image, text, file |
| Tool use | no |
| Reasoning | always on |
| Open weights | no |

### Provenance

| Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) |
| --- | --- |
| Fetched | 2026-10-06 |
| Quality data | unrated |

[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,...

## Questions this page answers

 What does GPT-5 Image cost?

$10.00/M in, $10.00/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription.

 Does GPT-5 Image have an independent quality score?

GPT-5 Image has no independent quality score in this catalogue. Unrated is not a score of zero.

 What beats GPT-5 Image?

GPT-5 Image has no independent quality score. Unrated is not a score of zero.

 Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for GPT-5 Image?

No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated.

 Does a missing score mean GPT-5 Image scored zero?

Unrated is not a score of zero.

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