GPT-4o
OpenAI · released May 13, 2024
- Type
- Closed
- Input
- $2.50
- Output
- $10.00
- Cached
- $1.25
List price · per 1M tokens · OpenAI at 128K context · machine-readable source ↗
Our take
Written Sep 30, 2026GPT-4o is a hosted-only model: we list no download for it, so using it means choosing a host. It takes text, images and files in one request, and it has been measured on a coding benchmark, though its placing there is modest.
Reach for it when you want a hosted model that accepts images and files alongside your text, and when long documents can go in without being split up first. All three offers we list charge the same rate, so the choice between them comes down to something other than price. Skip it if you need to run the model yourself, or if you need a strong measured result on end-to-end coding work.
The case for it
- Images and files go into the same request as the text, so a screenshot or a document does not have to be described in words first.
- The request capacity leaves room for long documents without splitting them up first.
The case against it
- Its measured coding result is modest: 32.6% on SWE-bench Verified via MASAI, which covers resolving real GitHub issues end-to-end inside that harness, and 34th of 42 on the same board as of 19 Feb 2026.
- We list no download for it, so using it means choosing a host, and no licence is supplied.
How good is it?
EverydayGeneral questions and everyday reasoning
Not yet scored on Arena Text (overall).
CodingWriting and fixing code on its own
Not yet scored on Arena Coding.
AgenticPlanning, calling tools, staying on task
Not yet scored on Arena Agent. It is on SWE-bench Verified, in 34th of 42 with 32.6.
WritingDrafting and rewriting prose
Not yet scored on Arena Creative Writing.
Every published score for this model1 scoreEvery figure we hold, from 1 board, with who ran it and a link to the source — including the boards no rating above is built on.
Where to rent it
Prices checked 4 hours ago — each listing carries its own date.
OpenAI, direct
The lab is also the cheapest we hold. The strip above and this offer are the same one, so nothing on this page undercuts OpenAI on 128K of context.
- per 1M tokens
- $2.50 in / $10.00 out
- Context served
- 128K
- Throughput
- ~41 tok/s
| Provider | In / out per 1M tokens | Context | Throughput | Trains on prompts | Logs prompts | Zero retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterOpenRouter's own listing | $2.50 / $10.00checked 4 hours ago | 128K | not measured | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Microsoft Azure AIThrough OpenRouter | $2.50 / $10.00checked 4 hours ago | 128K16K max reply | 47 tok/s | No | No | Confirmed |
| OpenAIDirect | $2.50 / $10.00checked 4 hours ago | 128K16K max reply | 41 tok/s | No | Yesunknown period | Unknown |
OpenRouter
Microsoft Azure AIAcross the 3 listings we hold: 2 say they do not train on prompts, 0 say they do and 1 does not say. 1 appears in the zero-retention registry we check; the rest are unknown to us.
What each host's API supports
From the parameter list each endpoint publishes. Streaming is omitted: nothing we hold reports it, for any model.
| Provider | Tool calling | JSON output | Strict schema |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterOpenRouter's own listing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Azure AIThrough OpenRouter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OpenAIDirect | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tool calling: 3 of 3 listings say yes. JSON output: 3 of 3 listings say yes. Strict schema: 3 of 3 listings say yes.
Models people weigh against GPT-4o
When we formed this view
Recent changes
What moved
first indexed by our pipelineEach date is the day we first saw the change, or the day the maker announced it.
What we do not know about this model yet
- Nothing we hold says whether an endpoint streams, so we do not show it either way.
- 1 of 3 listings does not say whether it trains on prompts.
- We hold no batch or off-peak rate for any of its listings.
Licence and identifiers
What the licence allowsWe hold no licence record for this model. Inside are the identifiers you need to pull it — its Hugging Face repo where we have one, our slug and a machine-readable card.
Licence
We hold no licence record for this model, and no record of published weights either — so we can neither summarise its terms nor point you at the weights.
Identifiers
- Takes in, gives back
- Text, images and documents in, text out
- Catalogue slug
- openai-gpt-4o