GPT Audio API pricing
OpenAI · chat model · 128K context · ranked #1546 of 1809 by input price
What GPT Audio costs in practice
GPT Audio is priced at $2.5 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens and no separately published prompt-cache rate. Against the median priced chat model ($0.5/1M in), this sits at 5.0×.
Monthly cost examples
Assuming 1,200 prompt + 400 completion tokens per request unless noted, billed 30 days a month and without cache hits.
| Workload | Cost / month | Cost / day |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 requests/day | $210 | $7 |
| 10,000 requests/day | $2100 | $70 |
| 100,000 requests/day | $21000 | $700 |
| 1M summaries/month | $22999.77 | $766.66 |
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Capabilities
Provider description
The gpt-audio model is OpenAI's first generally available audio model. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency. Audio is priced...
Cheaper alternatives
Ranked by blended cost (3× input + 1× output) — cheaper, but check context and capabilities before switching.
| # | Model | Provider | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Cached $/1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini Exp 1114 | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 1.0M |
| 2 | Gemini Exp 1206 | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 2.1M |
| 3 | Gemma 3 27b It | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 131K |
| 4 | Gemma 4 26b A4b It | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 262K |
| 5 | Gemma 4 31b It | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 262K |
| 6 | Learnlm 1.5 Pro Experimental | Google Gemini | free | free | — | 33K |
Data provenance
This page is assembled from the sources below. Where two sources disagree, both are shown.
- Our input price: $2.5
- Second source: —
- Our output price: $10
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Frequently asked
› How much does GPT Audio cost per 1,000 tokens?
About $0.0025 for input and $0.01 for output tokens, based on the per-million rates on this page.
› Is GPT Audio cheaper than other models?
By input price it ranks #1546 of 1809 priced chat models in this index, putting it in the more expensive half of the market.
› How often is GPT Audio's price checked?
The dataset was last refreshed 2026-09-13 13:40 UTC. Providers can change pricing at any time — verify with OpenAI before committing to a budget.