Model · OpenAI

Estimate GPT-5 token cost for your team, department or full enterprise rollout.

GPT-5 is OpenAI's flagship frontier model, optimized for multi-step reasoning, agentic workflows and high-stakes generation. At $5 / $15 per million input/output tokens, it is positioned for premium use cases where accuracy materially affects business outcomes.

Input price

$5

per 1M tokens

Output price

$15

per 1M tokens

Context window

256K

Provider

OpenAI

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Embedded in core workflows. Mixed adoption.

AI-assisted tasks

3 / 3

Annual estimate

$19.4K

Total token OpEx for 50 employees · GPT-5

Tokens per employee / year54.00M
Total tokens / year2.70B
Input tokens2.11B78%
Output tokens594.00M22%
Cost per employee / year$388.80
Avg daily tokens / employee225.0K
Blended price$5.00 in · $15.00 out / 1M tokens
Working days assumed220
Task coverage100%

Strengths

  • State-of-the-art reasoning
  • Strong agentic tool use
  • Reliable instruction following
  • Long-context coherence

Best for

  • Strategy and storylining
  • Complex code generation
  • Legal and contract analysis
  • Customer-facing agents

Frequently asked questions

How much does GPT-5 cost per million tokens?

GPT-5 is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens at list. Volume-tier and committed-use pricing reduces this materially at scale.

Is GPT-5 cost-effective vs. GPT-5 mini?

For routine drafting and summarization, GPT-5 mini delivers 80–90% of the quality at roughly 5% of the cost. Reserve GPT-5 for tasks where reasoning depth drives realized value.

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