Deprecated model
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GPT-Image-1Pricing & API costs
Our previous image generation model
Image: $5.00 input · $1.25 cached input · $20.00 output / 1M tokens; Text: $2.50 input · $0.63 cached input / 1M tokens
Context window
400,000 tokens
Maximum output
Not published
Release date
Not published
API model ID
gpt-image-1Model overview
Understand the model before estimating your workload.
Use the model ID gpt-image-1 through the provider's direct API. The prices and limits on this page apply to that specific listing, with source data checked on 2026-10-12.
GPT-Image-1 has a published context window of 400,000 tokens. Check the model-specific input formats and output limits in the linked documentation.
Pricing
Rates are grouped by usage type and available tier.
Image
Per 1M tokens
Input
$5.00
Cached input
$1.25
Output
$20.00
Text
Per 1M tokens
Input
$2.50
Cached input
$0.63
Batch pricing
Not published
How billing works
The details that turn a token rate into an actual bill.
Use the published billing unit
This model uses / 1M tokens, / 1M tokens. Do not substitute a text-token estimate for image, audio, video, or document charges.
Cache hits have their own rate
The listed cached-input price is $0.63 per million tokens. Reusing a prompt does not automatically qualify: use the provider's reported cached-token count, and account for any cache-write or storage charges.
Check discounts and rate tiers
No batch multiplier is applied to the examples on this page. Check the pricing source before assuming an asynchronous job receives a discount. Review the provider's pricing terms for workload-specific conditions.
Account for the complete workflow
Retries, follow-up calls, and agent tool loops increase request counts. Search, storage, and other tool charges can be billed separately from model inference. Use actual API usage logs to calibrate a budget before scaling traffic.
Capabilities and limits
What the API supports and where limits apply.
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Model type
- Image generation
- Family
- gpt
- Access
- Direct API
- Modalities
- Text · Image
- Context window
- 400,000 tokens
- Max output
- Not published
- Released
- Not published
- Deprecation date
- Not announced
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The same model can have a different ID, price, or output limit depending on how you access it. These are the channels currently tracked in this catalog; they are not a complete list of every hosting provider.
Image: $5.00 input · $1.25 cached input · $20.00 output / 1M tokens; Text: $2.50 input · $0.63 cached input / 1M tokens
Text: $5.00 input · $1.25 cached input / 1M tokens; Image: $10.00 input · $40.00 output / 1M tokens
Sources
Official pages and the date this information was checked.
- Last checked
- 2026-10-12
- Source links
- 3
Next step
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Frequently asked questions
OpenAI pricing checked on 2026-10-12: Image: $5.00 input · $1.25 cached input · $20.00 output / 1M tokens; Text: $2.50 input · $0.63 cached input / 1M tokens. These rates apply to the listed API model ID.
GPT-Image-1 has a published context window of 400,000 tokens. Check the model-specific input formats and output limits in the linked documentation.
The recorded status is Deprecated. Check the replacement and migration information before starting a new integration.
Recent updates
Output limit record updated.
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