--- title: "OpenAI: GPT-5 — price, capability and what beats it · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/models/openai__gpt-5/ description: "OpenAI: GPT-5: $1.25/M in, $10.00/M out. Independent capability scores, and alternatives compared under recorded workload and capability requirements." --- # OpenAI: GPT-5 — price, capability and what beats it · Undominated.ai > OpenAI: GPT-5: $1.25/M in, $10.00/M out. Independent capability scores, and alternatives compared under recorded workload and capability requirements. [Check base rates for this workload](/check/openai__gpt-5/) [Cheaper alternatives](/alternatives/openai__gpt-5/) [Family](/families/gpt-5/) [Compare models](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=openai%2Fgpt-5) Comparison context Choose up to three standard models in Compare. Requirements and prompt length apply in Compare. This page keeps its stated price basis and workload controls. MODEL PROOF # GPT-5 OpenAI · 07 Aug 2025 · proprietary Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic BETTER VALUE OPTION ## A stored alternative has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. **$3.44** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out [Muse Spark 1.3](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.3/) · Δ score 83.8 points · 42% lower measured price · $2.00 / 1M tokens [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) is a further stored option with these losses: no file input Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) [Vendor cross-check](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing) [LMArena · cc-by-4.0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset) Independent LMArena score 1,406.1 ± 4.43 · 31,489 votes Context window 400K Maximum output 128K Input modalities text, image, file Output modalities text Published input price $1.25 / 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 | $1.25 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $10.00 /M | | Cached input | $0.125 /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | | Web search | $0.01 /call | | Batch discount | 50% | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. 3 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 Azure azure Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.125 Context limit 400,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $1.25 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.96% | | Seller OpenAI openai/default Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.125 Context limit 400,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $1.25 | Output $10.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.99% | | Seller Azure azure/swedencentral Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.138 Context limit 400,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $1.38 | Output $11.00 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | ### Independent scores | LMArena Elo | 1406.1 high | | --- | --- | LMArena Elo under CC BY 4.0. Absence of another board is not a score of zero. #### Best rankings by task - SVG #29 1188 - Data visualisation #44 1228 - ASCII art #45 1151 - Game development #51 1198 - UI components #58 1186 - Websites #64 1191 - Code categories #66 1172 - 3D #94 1063 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 | text, image, file | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | always on | | Knowledge cutoff | 2024-09-30 | | Open weights | no | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | verified | | Cross-checked | [vendor page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing) | GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model, offering major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience. It is optimized for complex tasks that require step-by-step reasoning, instruction following, and accuracy... ## Questions this page answers What does GPT-5 cost? $1.25/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 have an independent quality score? GPT-5 has an LMArena score in this catalogue. What beats GPT-5? Muse Spark 1.3 has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for GPT-5? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options OpenAI: GPT-5. Balanced workload. Better value option available. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related - Both better and cheaper [Muse Spark 1.3](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.3/) - Higher score and cheaper, with a named trade [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) - Nearby on the capability axis [Qwen3.5-27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-27b/) - Same vendor [o3](/models/openai__o3/) - OpenAI models [OpenAI](/providers/openai/) - Where this model appears [effort](/effort/) - Nearby on the capability axis [MiniMax M2.7](/models/minimax__minimax-m2.7/) - Same vendor [GPT-5.4 Mini](/models/openai__gpt-5.4-mini/) - Where this model appears [significance](/significance/) - Nearby on the capability axis [Step 3.5 Flash](/models/stepfun__step-3.5-flash/) - Same vendor [GPT-5.2](/models/openai__gpt-5.2/) - Where this model appears [cheapest-at](/cheapest-at/) ## Badge The verdict as one SVG, for a README or a docs page. 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