GPT-5 Image API Pricing
OpenAI · Frontier · Proprietary · released 2025-10. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-08-14.
- Input: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: $1.25
- Context window: 400K
Cost per request by business use case
List price vs optimized (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads — only where the provider publishes those rates).
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Cost/req (list) | Cost/req (optimized) | Monthly @100K req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $0.020 | $0.012 | $1.2K |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $0.028 | $0.016 | $1.6K |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $0.112 | $0.103 | $10.3K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $0.043 | $0.039 | $3.9K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $0.050 | $0.037 | $3.7K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $0.021 | $0.017 | $1.7K |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $0.027 | $0.025 | $2.5K |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $0.090 | $0.053 | $5.3K |
These are list prices — real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow or compare all models.