Analysis Summary
OpenAI's GPT-4o (2024-08-06) is a multimodal flagship supporting text, image, and file input, with measured reasoning performance including a 52% GPQA score and strong agentic index relative to its generation. It supports tool use, function calling, and vision, with a 128K token context window.
This makes it suitable for client-facing content generation, document analysis with visual inputs, and moderate agentic workflows requiring reliable tool calling. Compared to current frontier models it is now a step behind on raw reasoning, so it is better suited to established production pipelines than cutting-edge agentic deployment.
At $2.50 input and $10 output per million tokens, it commands a premium; businesses already built around it can continue reliably, while new projects may find newer models offer better value.
Assessed July 25, 2026
Editorial notes
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) from OpenAI pairs vision, tool use, and function calling with solid reasoning benchmarks and a 128K context window, at a premium price.
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DFO Verdict
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) from OpenAI pairs vision, tool use, and function calling with solid reasoning benchmarks and a 128K context window, at a premium price.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
9.6 Intelligence Index·18.6 Agentic Index
How OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) compares
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) ranks #243 of 395 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #187 of 302 for agentic tasks. Its 128K-token context window is larger than 40% of the models we list. At $2.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 14% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in intelligence corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.50 | $0.002500 |
| Output | $10.00 | $0.010000 |
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Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
How much does OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) cost?
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)?
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).
What can OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) do?
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)?
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) is developed by OpenAI and was released on August 6, 2024.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: July 29, 2026 8:38 pm