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OpenAI: GPT-5 Image API Pricing
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image costs $10.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens (cache reads: $1.25). Context window: 400K. Prices verified 2026-08-23 Β· source
Input / 1M tokens
$10.00
Output / 1M tokens
$10.00
Context window
400K
Max output
128K
What would OpenAI: GPT-5 Image cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $120.00 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $500.00 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $1350.00 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $420.00 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About OpenAI: GPT-5 Image
[GPT-5](https://openrouter.ai/openai/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,...
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