Model Details
2024-05Price Data Last Verified: April 22, 2026
GPT-4o API Pricing & Cost Calculator
Widely used multimodal workhorse for chat, assistants, and vision-heavy use cases.
Pricing Details
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Input Price
- $2.50 / 1M tokens
- Output Price
- $10.00 / 1M tokens
- Context Window
- 128K
Cost Scenarios
Small Request$0.0125
Medium Request$0.125
Large Request$0.75
High Volume$7.50
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Scenario | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Request | 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.0025 | $0.01 | $0.0125 |
| Medium Request | 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.025 | $0.10 | $0.125 |
| Large Request | 100,000 | 50,000 | $0.25 | $0.50 | $0.75 |
| High Volume | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $2.50 | $5.00 | $7.50 |
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