GPT-5 Nano
OpenAI released 2025-08-07 proprietary
$0.138 per million tokens, balanced
No independent quality score.
No benchmark we track has measured this model. That is not the same as measuring it and finding it wanting — we simply cannot rank it, so we do not.
Every price dimension
| Input | $0.050/M |
|---|---|
| Output | $0.400/M |
| Cached input | $0.0050/M |
| Web search | $0.01/call |
| Batch discount | 50% |
Independent scores
| LMArena Elo | 1320.3high |
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Sources are listed separately rather than averaged. Across the 62 models both have scored they correlate at r = 0.806 — close agreement overall, but four models rank very differently between them, and a blended score would hide exactly those.
Capability
| Context window | 400K |
|---|---|
| Max output | 128K |
| Input modes | text, image, file |
| Tool use | yes |
| Reasoning | always on |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-05-31 |
| Open weights | no |
Provenance
| Price source | openrouter.ai |
|---|---|
| Fetched | 2026-08-24 |
| Quality data | unrated |
| Cross-checked | vendor page |
GPT-5-Nano is the smallest and fastest variant in the GPT-5 system, optimized for developer tools, rapid interactions, and ultra-low latency environments. While limited in reasoning depth compared to its larger...