OpenAI: GPT-5.1, OpenAI — route, pricing & source

GPT-5.1 is the latest frontier-grade model in the GPT-5 series, offering stronger general-purpose reasoning, improved instruction adherence, and a more natural conversational style compared to GPT-5. It uses adaptive reasoning...

OpenRoutermediumLast checked: May 14, 2026
Input
$1.25 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Output
$10.00 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
Not available
Not available
Cache write
Not available
Not available

Context and limits

Context window
400K
Max output
128,000
Input modalities
image, text, file
Output modalities
text
Weight access
Closed
Availability
Unknown
Capability flags
VisionToolsJSONReasoningLong context

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Benchmarks

Access and license

Official API
No
Open weights
No
Self-hostable
No
License
Closed · API onlyNo public weights: use through a vendor’s cloud API or product. “Proprietary” means the creator does not distribute the trained model weights for self-hosting.

Example costs

Scenario: 1K input + 300 output tokens / request

10,000 requests
$42.50
100,000 requests
$425.00
1,000,000 requests
$4,250.00

Cheaper alternatives

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Mistral: Mistral Nemo
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Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
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$3.50
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro
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$5.00
Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct
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$5.20
Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris
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$5.50

Source

Source
OpenRouter Models API
Confidence
medium
Route
OpenRouter
Last checked
May 14, 2026
Source notes
  • Includes Hugging Face benchmark data only when the dataset is public, ungated, allowlisted, and matched by reviewed aliases.
Open source
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