OpenAI — pricing & performance
Models served
71
of 947 tracked models
Mean output speed
63
tokens per second, averaged over
44 measured endpoints
44 measured endpoints
Mean latency
3.5s
time to first token, averaged over
44 measured endpoints
44 measured endpoints
Cheapest blended
$0.069
per 1M tokens at a 3:1
input:output blend
input:output blend
Output speed on OpenAI
Median output tokens per second for the 44 of 71 models on OpenAI with published throughput telemetry from OpenRouter. The full table below lists all 71, measured or not. Higher is better. We do not run these measurements ourselves.
The Known Good
71 models on OpenAI
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| Model | Creator | Input $/M | Output $/M | Blended | Speed | TTFT | Context |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $10.00 | $4.38 | 68 | 0.5s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $0.60 | $2.40 | $1.05 | 84 | 0.5s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $5.00 | $30.00 | $11.25 | 59 | 1.2s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.50 | $1.50 | $0.75 | 79 | 0.4s | 16k |
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OpenAI | $3.00 | $4.00 | $3.25 | — | — | 16k |
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OpenAI | $1.50 | $2.00 | $1.62 | 57 | 1.5s | 4k |
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OpenAI | $30.00 | $60.00 | $37.50 | 16 | 0.7s | 8k |
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OpenAI | $10.00 | $30.00 | $15.00 | 24 | 1.0s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $10.00 | $30.00 | $15.00 | — | — | 128k |
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OpenAI | $2.00 | $8.00 | $3.50 | 57 | 0.6s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.70 | 36 | 0.6s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.17 | 27 | 0.5s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $10.00 | $4.38 | 43 | 0.6s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $5.00 | $15.00 | $7.50 | — | — | 128k |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $10.00 | $4.38 | 55 | 0.5s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $10.00 | $4.38 | 16 | 0.4s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $10.00 | $4.38 | — | — | 128k |
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OpenAI | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.26 | 42 | 0.5s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.26 | 57 | 0.5s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.26 | — | — | 128k |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $10.00 | $3.44 | 67 | 2.7s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.62 | $5.00 | $1.72 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $10.00 | $3.44 | — | — | 128k |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $10.00 | $3.44 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $10.00 | $10.00 | $10.00 | 100 | 3.3s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $2.00 | $2.38 | 110 | 3.7s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.12 | $1.00 | $0.34 | 103 | 5.5s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.062 | $0.50 | $0.17 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.025 | $0.20 | $0.069 | 186 | 6.3s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.025 | $0.20 | $0.069 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $15.00 | $120.00 | $41.25 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.62 | $5.00 | $1.72 | 44 | 1.5s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.31 | $2.50 | $0.86 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $10.00 | $3.44 | — | — | 128k |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $10.00 | $3.44 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $10.00 | $3.44 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.25 | $2.00 | $0.69 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.88 | $7.00 | $2.41 | 45 | 1.6s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.44 | $3.50 | $1.20 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $1.75 | $14.00 | $4.81 | 46 | 1.4s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $21.00 | $168.00 | $57.75 | 2 | 3.1s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $1.75 | $14.00 | $4.81 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $1.75 | $14.00 | $4.81 | 46 | 1.3s | 128k |
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OpenAI | $1.75 | $14.00 | $4.81 | 79 | 2.4s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $7.50 | $2.81 | 59 | 0.7s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $0.62 | $3.75 | $1.41 | — | — | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $8.00 | $15.00 | $9.75 | 44 | 0.7s | 272k |
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OpenAI | $0.38 | $2.25 | $0.84 | 40 | 0.5s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.19 | $1.12 | $0.42 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.62 | $0.23 | 50 | 0.8s | 400k |
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OpenAI | $0.050 | $0.31 | $0.12 | — | — | 400k |
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OpenAI | $15.00 | $90.00 | $33.75 | 1 | 6.0s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $15.00 | $5.62 | 55 | 1.4s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $1.25 | $7.50 | $2.81 | — | — | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $15.00 | $90.00 | $33.75 | 7 | 8.6s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.56 | 104 | 1.7s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.56 | 125 | 6.3s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $15.00 | $5.62 | 48 | 3.1s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $2.50 | $15.00 | $5.62 | 85 | 21.0s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $0.62 | $3.75 | $1.41 | 66 | 2.4s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $0.62 | $3.75 | $1.41 | 80 | 7.0s | 1.05M |
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OpenAI | $15.00 | $60.00 | $26.25 | — | — | 200k |
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OpenAI | $150.00 | $600.00 | $262.50 | — | — | 200k |
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OpenAI | $2.00 | $8.00 | $3.50 | 84 | 2.2s | 200k |
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OpenAI | $10.00 | $40.00 | $17.50 | — | — | 200k |
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OpenAI | $1.10 | $4.40 | $1.93 | 155 | 2.9s | 200k |
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OpenAI | $1.10 | $4.40 | $1.93 | — | — | 200k |
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OpenAI | $20.00 | $80.00 | $35.00 | 39 | 42.5s | 200k |
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OpenAI | $1.10 | $4.40 | $1.93 | 102 | 2.6s | 200k |
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OpenAI | $2.00 | $8.00 | $3.50 | — | — | 200k |
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OpenAI | $1.10 | $4.40 | $1.93 | 92 | 2.1s | 200k |
The Known Good
Source. Prices, endpoint availability and throughput for OpenAI are ingested from OpenRouter;
model metadata is enriched from models.dev. A blank cell means the figure was not published for that endpoint —
it never means zero. Blended price is (3 × input + output) ÷ 4, the same 3:1 blend used everywhere on this
site; see methodology. Quality scores are not provider-specific:
a model scores the same wherever it is hosted, so quality lives on the
model pages.