OpenAI: GPT-4o
Analysis Summary
GPT-4o is OpenAI's multimodal flagship from mid-2024, combining text, image and file understanding with tool use, function calling and moderate agentic capability. It was a meaningful step up from earlier GPT-4 variants on reasoning and coding benchmarks.
For businesses, it suits general content production, document analysis and lighter automation workflows involving tool calls, though its coding and complex reasoning scores trail current-generation flagships. Its terminal and agentic benchmark results indicate it can handle simple multi-step tasks but not demanding autonomous coding agents.
Its pricing sits in a reasonable middle ground, making it a viable default for teams not requiring frontier-level reasoning but wanting broad multimodal capability.
Assessed July 25, 2026
Editorial notes
GPT-4o from OpenAI pairs multimodal input with tool use, function calling and reasonable agentic performance, offering solid value for general business content and light automation.
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DFO Verdict
GPT-4o from OpenAI pairs multimodal input with tool use, function calling and reasonable agentic performance, offering solid value for general business content and light automation.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
11.2 Intelligence Index·16.7 Agentic Index·6 Math Index
How OpenAI: GPT-4o compares
OpenAI: GPT-4o ranks #220 of 395 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #200 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 technical 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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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout OpenAI: GPT-4o
GPT-4o ("o" for "omni") is OpenAI's latest AI model, supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. It maintains the intelligence level of GPT-4 Turbo while being twice as..
Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-4o
How much does OpenAI: GPT-4o cost?
OpenAI: GPT-4o costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-4o?
OpenAI: GPT-4o has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).
What can OpenAI: GPT-4o do?
OpenAI: GPT-4o supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created OpenAI: GPT-4o?
OpenAI: GPT-4o is developed by OpenAI and was released on May 13, 2024.
