OpenAI

GPT Image 1

OpenAI's natively multimodal image model. Billed by tokens (text in, image tokens out) rather than per image, so cost scales with resolution and quality.

ActiveReleased April 23, 2025

Source: OpenAI images, OpenAI pricing, Metadata verification, Metadata verification, Field resolution verification, Field resolution verification

Price per 1M tokens
$5 in / $40 out
Cache read$1.25 / M
Batch discount-50%
ModalitiesText, Image → Image

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRateBatch
Input$5 / M$2.5 / M
Output$40 / M$20 / M
Cache read$1.25 / M$0.625 / M

Cost calculator

Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Estimated monthly cost
$1.8K
at current list prices
Fresh input$1.0K
Cached input$0.00
Output$800
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Provider

Where this model runs, and what it charges.

PlatformInput / MOutput / MCache read / MBatchAccess
OpenAI
$5$40$1.25✓First-party API

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

No changePriced at $5 / $40 per 1M since June 3, 2026.

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