OpenAI: GPT-5 Image

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image

openai · Released Oct 14, 2025
Intelligence #429 / 688
29.3 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #660 / 688
$10.00 per 1M tokens
Output Price #576 / 688
$10.00 per 1M tokens
Context #149 / 688
400,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

GPT-5 Image is an OpenAI multimodal model that accepts text, images, and files and produces text and images. The 400K context window supports substantial creative briefs and asset documentation, while the combined input and output modalities suit visual content production and image-aware client workflows. This entry provides no benchmark data, so reasoning, instruction following, coding, and reliability cannot be verified.

Its clearest role is visual ideation, asset adaptation, image-based review, and campaigns that require both copy and generated imagery. The listed pricing is premium, making it less attractive for bulk content operations. Treat it as a specialist creative component and validate image consistency, editability, and output quality before client deployment. Pair it with a measured text model when deeper reasoning or routine automation is required.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

GPT-5 Image supports multimodal input and image output with a 400K context, making it relevant to advanced visual content production. No benchmark data is supplied, and its listed pricing is premium.

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DFO Verdict

GPT-5 Image supports multimodal input and image output with a 400K context, making it relevant to advanced visual content production. No benchmark data is supplied, and its listed pricing is premium.

#429 of 688 overall Down 106 this week

How OpenAI: GPT-5 Image compares

Its 400K-token context window is larger than 78% of the models we list. At $10.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 4% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 38% of models #429
Price: cheaper than 4% of models #660
Context: larger than 78% of models #149
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image $10.00 in $10.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max $2.00 in $6.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 $10.00 in $50.00 out

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

Context window vs peers · tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image 400K

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

Intelligence0Technical0Value6Content7.5
Performance profile

Strongest on content. 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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Pricing

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

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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

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About OpenAI: GPT-5 Image

GPT-5 Image combines OpenAI's GPT-5 model with state-of-the-art image generation capabilities. It offers major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience while incorporating GPT Image 1's superior instruction following,..

Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-5 Image

How much does OpenAI: GPT-5 Image cost?

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

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

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image has a context window of 400,000 tokens (400K).

What can OpenAI: GPT-5 Image do?

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

Who created OpenAI: GPT-5 Image?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image is developed by OpenAI and was released on October 14, 2025.

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