GPT-5 Image API pricing
OpenAI · Image price tier · Proprietary · released 2025-10. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
GPT-5 Image has held the same list price since 2026-08-15. Only one host, OpenAI, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $1.25 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 400K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
Image models bill per image as well as per token, so this page does not rank this one on token price.
Licence, size and capabilities
GPT-5 Image is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Image Gen, Reasoning. Filling its 400K context window once costs $4.00 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
OpenAI is the only host with a published rate, $10.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI (model maker, price we quote) | $10.00 | $10.00 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where OpenAI publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $1.2K – $2.0K |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $1.6K – $2.8K |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $10.3K – $11.2K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $3.9K – $4.3K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $3.7K – $5.0K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $1.7K – $2.1K |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $2.5K – $2.7K |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $5.3K – $9.0K |
Price history
GPT-5 Image has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $10.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Other models from OpenAI
The 8 nearest to GPT-5 Image in price, of 48 other OpenAI models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- GPT Audio: $2.50 / $10.00
- GPT-4o: $2.50 / $10.00
- GPT-5.6 Terra: $2.00 / $12.00
- GPT-5.6 Terra Pro: $2.00 / $12.00
- GPT-5.2: $1.75 / $14.00
- GPT-5.2 Chat: $1.75 / $14.00
- GPT-5.2-Codex: $1.75 / $14.00
- GPT-5.3-Codex: $1.75 / $14.00
All 49 OpenAI models and prices
Common questions about GPT-5 Image pricing
- How much does GPT-5 Image cost?
- GPT-5 Image costs $10.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (OpenAI). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for GPT-5 Image?
- OpenAI is the only host with a published rate, $10.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does GPT-5 Image offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $1.25 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would GPT-5 Image cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $2.0K on GPT-5 Image at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can GPT-5 Image be self-hosted?
- No, as far as this site records. GPT-5 Image is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token.
- Has the price of GPT-5 Image changed?
- GPT-5 Image has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $10.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It publishes a prompt-cache rate, which is the discount most often left out of a budget: what prompt caching saves.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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