gpt-audio pricing
gpt-audio from OpenAI costs $32.00 per 1M input tokens and not published per 1M output tokens. Context window 128,000 tokens.
API id gpt-audio · OpenAI · source · updated 2026-08-11
$32.00
Input / 1M tokens
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Output / 1M tokens
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Cached input / 1M
128K
Context window
What gpt-audio costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.03 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $1.60 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $32.00 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Common questions
- How much does gpt-audio cost per 1M tokens?
- gpt-audio costs $32.00 per 1M input tokens and not published per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is gpt-audio's context window?
- gpt-audio accepts up to 128,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.
- Is there a cheaper OpenAI model than gpt-audio?
- Yes. gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 is $0.300 per 1M input tokens versus $32.00 for gpt-audio, with a 128,000 token context window.
- Where does this gpt-audio price come from?
- Directly from OpenAI's published pricing page, re-read every day and normalized to USD per 1,000,000 tokens.