OpenAI: GPT-5
Analysis Summary
OpenAI: GPT-5 sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #110 of 525 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 from OpenAI offers multimodal capability and solid agentic scores for its tier, backed by OpenAI's trusted business ecosystem. However, its intelligence and coding benchmarks are modest relative to the current landscape, and pricing is relatively high for the performance level delivered.
Assessed April 24, 2026
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Performance Profile
GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model, offering major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience. It is optimized for complex tasks that require step-by-step reasoning, instruction following, and accuracy..
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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
|
| Provider | openai |
| Release Date | August 7, 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 |
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