Model Cost Profile

OpenAI: GPT-5.1

Developer: openai

Pricing updated Mar 16, 2026

Input rank: #267Output rank: #301

Live Pricing

Input: $1.25

Output: $10.00

Pricing via OpenRouter API Β· Last synced Mar 16, 2026

OpenAI's GPT-5.1 offers a substantial context window of 400,000 tokens, making it suitable for complex applications such as long-form content generation, comprehensive document analysis, and advanced conversational agents. Teams utilizing this API model can expect an input cost of $1.25 per million tokens and an output cost of $10.00 per million tokens, which can significantly impact budget planning based on usage patterns. This model is ideal for organizations requiring extensive context retention and nuanced understanding in their AI-driven solutions.

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Context Window

400,000

Tokens

Input Price / 1M

$1.25

Prompt tokens

Output Price / 1M

$10.00

Completion tokens

Top Benchmark

Pending

No benchmark data yet

Quality & Benchmarks

Evaluation scores for OpenAI: GPT-5.1. The β€œTop Benchmark” shown above is the highest-priority score available (MMLU > GPQA > MATH > HumanEval).

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Price History

OpenAI: GPT-5.1 Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 β€” Mar 16
$1.25$5.63$10.00Mar 7Mar 9Mar 12Mar 14Mar 16

Current Input / 1M

$1.25

Current Output / 1M

$10.00

Performance History

OpenAI: GPT-5.1 Speed Trend

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