OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat

openai · Released Aug 7, 2025
DFO score #409 / 713
12.2 leaderboard score
Speed
– Not reported
Input Price #563 / 713
$1.25 per 1M tokens
Output Price #617 / 713
$10.00 per 1M tokens
Context #448 / 713
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

GPT-5 Chat is an OpenAI model listing with image and file input and a 128K context window. The supplied record contains no benchmark results, pricing is listed at $1.25 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, and no tool-use or function-calling capability is specified. That leaves its reasoning, coding, instruction following, and agentic reliability unverified in the available data.

Vision and file input could make it useful for basic document or image-based requests, but the absence of measured performance makes it difficult to recommend for client-facing content or workflow automation without hands-on testing. The listing also does not establish whether it can execute tool-driven tasks.

Treat it as an unvalidated option rather than a production default. Run a small evaluation against the intended content and document workloads before routing client traffic to it.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

GPT-5 Chat lists vision, file input, and a 128K context window, but the supplied record has no benchmark results or stated tool-calling support.

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DFO Verdict

GPT-5 Chat lists vision, file input, and a 128K context window, but the supplied record has no benchmark results or stated tool-calling support.

#409 of 713 overall Down 8 this week

How OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat compares

Its 128K-token context window is larger than 37% of the models we list. At $1.25 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 21% of comparable models.

Position in the field
DFO score: ahead of 45% of models #394
Price: cheaper than 21% of models #563
Context: larger than 37% of models #448
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat $1.25 in $10.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Google: Gemini 4 Argon $2.00 in $10.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $1.25 $0.001250
Output $10.00 $0.010000

What would OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$13.95/mo OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat $0.0047 per request
$31.68/mo Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $0.01 per request
$7.92/mo Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch) · best value $0.0026 per request

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About OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat

GPT-5 Chat is designed for advanced, natural, multimodal, and context-aware conversations for enterprise applications.

Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat

How much does OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat cost?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).

What can OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat do?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat supports image/vision input.

Who created OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat is developed by OpenAI and was released on August 7, 2025.

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