OpenAI: GPT-5.1
Analysis Summary
OpenAI: GPT-5.1 sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #108 of 557 published models on overall intelligence. At $1.25 input and $10.00 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a generous context window for extended reasoning and code review and supports tool use, function calling, vision, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
GPT-5.1 from OpenAI offers vision, file, and tool use support with a 400K context window, but benchmarks show mid-tier intelligence and coding performance relative to the current field.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
GPT-5.1 is the latest frontier-grade model in the GPT-5 series, offering stronger general-purpose reasoning, improved instruction adherence, and a more natural conversational style compared to GPT-5. It uses adaptive reasoning..
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Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
openai/gpt-5.1
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| Provider | openai |
| Release Date | November 13, 2025 |
| Context Length | 400,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 128,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.25 | $0.001250 |
| Output | $10.00 | $0.010000 |
Live Performance
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