Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image vs OpenAI: o3 Deep Research

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $30Monthly delta: $1,800

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.

MetricOpenAI: GPT-5 ImageOpenAI: o3 Deep Research
Developeropenaiopenai
Context Window400,000200,000
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$10.00$10.00
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$10.00$40.00
Projected Monthly Cost$1,800$3,600
Vision✅ Yes✅ Yes
Tool Calling✅ Yes✅ Yes
Structured Output✅ Yes✅ Yes
Reasoning✅ Yes✅ Yes
Web Search❌ No❌ No
MMLU ScoreN/AN/A

Price History

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7Mar 16
$10.00$10.00$10.00Mar 7Mar 9Mar 12Mar 14Mar 16

Current Input / 1M

$10.00

Current Output / 1M

$10.00

Price History

OpenAI: o3 Deep Research Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7Mar 16
$10.00$25.00$40.00Mar 7Mar 9Mar 12Mar 14Mar 16

Current Input / 1M

$10.00

Current Output / 1M

$40.00

Cost Calculator

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0500M

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image

$1,800

per month

Lower cost

OpenAI: o3 Deep Research

$3,600

per month

Live Recommendation

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

OpenAI: GPT-5 Image saves $1,800/mo at this workload
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