OpenAI: GPT-Image-1
GPT-Image-1 is an image generation model from OpenAI released on Mar 31, 2025. It reads text and images and writes images, with a 128K token context window.
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It costs $5 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $1.25, 75% less than fresh input.
It supports prompt caching.
4 providers serve it, including Azure, Vercel AI Gateway and Azure Cognitive Services.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $5 / $40 per 1M
- Context
- 128K
- Max output
- n/a
- Released
- Mar 31, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
GPT-Image-1 pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $5 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $40 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $1.25 / 1M tokens | 75% off input |
GPT-Image-1 providers
4 providers serve it, including Azure, Vercel AI Gateway and Azure Cognitive Services. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | $5 | $40 | $1.25 | n/a | n/a |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $5 | $40 | $1.25 | n/a | n/a |
| Azure Cognitive Services | $5 | $40 | $1.25 | n/a | n/a |
| Poe | n/a | n/a | – | 128K | n/a |
What GPT-Image-1 costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
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GPT-Image-1 questions
How much does the GPT-Image-1 API cost?
$5 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens, with cached input at $1.25. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of GPT-Image-1?
128,000 tokens of input. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve GPT-Image-1?
4 providers serve it, including Azure, Vercel AI Gateway and Azure Cognitive Services. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Is GPT-Image-1 open source?
No. OpenAI serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was GPT-Image-1 released?
Mar 31, 2025.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
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