Analysis Summary
GPT-5.4 from OpenAI is built around agentic reliability, combining tool use, function calling, and vision in a single model with a context window exceeding one million tokens. Its agentic performance is strong, making it capable of sustained multi-step task execution.
For businesses, this suits automated workflows, document-heavy research, and agent-based customer support where tool orchestration matters more than raw reasoning depth. Its general intelligence benchmark is comparatively modest, so it is better suited to structured, tool-driven tasks than open-ended analytical reasoning.
Pricing sits in the mid-range for a flagship-class model. Teams already using OpenAI's ecosystem for agent workflows will find it a dependable choice, though newer siblings offer stronger all-round reasoning.
Assessed July 25, 2026
Editorial notes
GPT-5.4 pairs strong agentic tool use with a 1M+ token context and full vision support, though its reasoning benchmarks trail newer OpenAI releases.
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DFO Verdict
GPT-5.4 pairs strong agentic tool use with a 1M+ token context and full vision support, though its reasoning benchmarks trail newer OpenAI releases.
How OpenAI: GPT-5.4 compares
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 ranks #9 of 398 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #12 of 173 for coding, #19 of 154 for agentic tasks. Its 1.1M-token context window is larger than 98% 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 technical. 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 | $15.00 | $0.015000 |
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Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-5.4
How much does OpenAI: GPT-5.4 cost?
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5.4?
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 has a context window of 1,050,000 tokens (1.1M).
Is OpenAI: GPT-5.4 good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, OpenAI: GPT-5.4 ranks #12 of 173 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can OpenAI: GPT-5.4 do?
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created OpenAI: GPT-5.4?
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 is developed by OpenAI and was released on March 5, 2026.
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: August 5, 2026 8:38 pm