GPT-5
legacyOpenAI · Released Aug 2025
Launched at commodity pricing ($1.25/$10) so low TechCrunch said it may spark a price war. Superseded by GPT-5.5.
- Strengths
- Frontier-class quality at near-commodity pricing.
- Best for
- Cost-sensitive general workloads that still want a capable model.
- Limitations
- Positioned below GPT-5.5 on capability.
Input / 1M
$1.25
Output / 1M
$10.00
Cached input / 1M
$0.125
Context window
1M
Price history
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2025 | $1.25 | $10.00 | $0.125 | openai.com/api/pricing |