OpenAI: GPT-5 Image✓ Catalog verified
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,...
Overview
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,...
Access: available through the official OpenAI API. Context window: 400K.
Specifications
| API identifier | openai/gpt-5-image |
| Provider | OpenAI |
| Model type | Multimodal LLM |
| Context window | 400K catalog |
| Input modalities | image · text · file |
| Output modalities | image · text |
| Released | Oct 14, 2025 |
| Tokenizer | GPT |
| Moderated | Yes |
| Architecture modality | text+image+file->text+image |
API defaults
{
"top_p": null,
"temperature": null,
"frequency_penalty": null
}Pricing
Live pricing components for openai/gpt-5-image as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $0.00001 | $10.00 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $0.00001 | $10.00 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | $0.01 | $0.010000 | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$7Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | ✓ Supported | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | Not advertised | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | Not advertised | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | Not advertised | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call OpenAI: GPT-5 Image through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="openai/gpt-5-image",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
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Head-to-head comparisons
Side-by-side breakdowns of OpenAI: GPT-5 Image against other frontier models.
Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does OpenAI: GPT-5 Image cost?
$10.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens on the official OpenAI API.
What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5 Image?
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image supports up to 400K tokens of context.
Does OpenAI: GPT-5 Image support tool / function calling?
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image does not advertise first-class tool/function calling. Check vendor docs for the latest capabilities.
How do I access OpenAI: GPT-5 Image?
Use the official OpenAI API with the model id `openai/gpt-5-image`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.