OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)

OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)

openai · Released Aug 7, 2025
Intelligence #326 / 688
32.5 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #144 / 688
$0.025 per 1M tokens
Output Price #190 / 688
$0.200 per 1M tokens
Context #149 / 688
400,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

OpenAI GPT-5 Nano is a compact multimodal model supporting text, images, and files, with tool use, function calling, and a 400K context window. Input costs $0.025 per million tokens and output costs $0.20, making it suitable for high-volume classification, extraction, routing, templated content, and other repetitive operations where latency and cost control are priorities.

No model-specific benchmark results are supplied for this batch variant, so its reasoning and coding performance remain unverified. The context capacity is useful for compact document workflows, but the model should not be assumed to handle complex planning or autonomous execution without testing. It is a strong candidate for internal automation and fallback traffic once accuracy, schema compliance, and tool-call behaviour have been measured.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

GPT-5 Nano combines very low pricing with a 400K context window, vision, tool use, and function calling. No model-specific benchmark results are supplied for this batch variant, so it is best suited to lightweight automation pending evaluation.

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DFO Verdict

GPT-5 Nano combines very low pricing with a 400K context window, vision, tool use, and function calling. No model-specific benchmark results are supplied for this batch variant, so it is best suited to lightweight automation pending evaluation.

#326 of 688 overall Down 70 this week

How OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) compares

Its 400K-token context window is larger than 78% of the models we list. At $0.03 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 79% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 53% of models #326
Price: cheaper than 79% of models #144
Context: larger than 78% of models #149
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) $0.03 in $0.20 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 Nano (batch) 400K

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

Intelligence0Technical0Value8.3Content4.8
Performance profile

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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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.03 $0.000025
Output $0.20 $0.000200

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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 Nano (batch)

GPT-5-Nano is the smallest and fastest variant in the GPT-5 system, optimized for developer tools, rapid interactions, and ultra-low latency environments. While limited in reasoning depth compared to its larger..

Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)

How much does OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) cost?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) costs $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)?

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

What can OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) do?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)?

OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch) is developed by OpenAI and was released on August 7, 2025.

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