GPT-5 Image
VerifiedOpenAI's multimodal model for advanced image and text tasks.
About GPT-5 Image
GPT-5 Image combines vision and language capabilities in a single system. It accepts multiple input types including images, text prompts, and files. The architecture supports a very large context window for handling extended documents and visual sequences.
As a proprietary model it delivers consistent performance on image-centric tasks. Integration with text and file modalities allows unified analysis of mixed content. Users benefit from its ability to maintain coherence across lengthy multimodal inputs.
Typical applications include detailed image interpretation, document understanding, and creative visual projects. Developers use it for workflows that require both visual and textual processing. The model is accessed via API as it is not available as open weights.
Capabilities
How GPT-5 Image compares
GPT-5 Image (striped bar) vs other image models on intelligence, speed and price.
Price
USD per 1M output tokens · Lower is better · GPT-5 Image ranks #4 of 6
Sources: Artificial Analysis (intelligence, speed) · OpenRouter (price).
Best for
Long-document illustration
Processes full-length reports or manuscripts up to 400000 tokens to produce consistent visual summaries and diagrams.
Sequential scene generation
Maintains narrative continuity across extended prompts when creating storyboards or multi-panel image sets.
Detailed technical visualization
Converts comprehensive engineering specifications or research notes into precise annotated diagrams and renders.
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- +Strong native vision capabilities
- +Handles extremely large contexts
- +Unified processing of images, text, and files
- +Built on OpenAI's multimodal foundation
Limitations
- –Image-specialized focus may limit pure text performance
- –Large context increases compute demands
- –File support restricted to supported formats
Cost calculator
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Based on GPT-5 Image's $10.00/1M input · $10.00/1M output. Estimate only — actual cost varies by provider and caching.
Quick start
OpenRouter's API is OpenAI-compatible — most SDKs work by just swapping the base URL. Only the model slug changes between models.
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "openai/gpt-5-image",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);Model slug: openai/gpt-5-image
Editor's verdict
GPT-5 Image is OpenAI's proprietary image models with a 400K-token context window.
At $10.00 per 1M output tokens, it is premium-priced for its class.
It is available through OpenAI's API and aggregators like OpenRouter.
Best suited to strong native vision capabilities and handles extremely large contexts.
Frequently asked questions
Pricing follows OpenAI's standard API rates for image models and is listed on the OpenAI platform.
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