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GPT-5 vs GPT-4.1

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OpenAI · 1M context  |  OpenAI · 1M context

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-5GPT-4.1
Input / 1M tokens$8$2
Output / 1M tokens$32$8
Cached input / 1M$4$1
Context window1M1M
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI

Cost Calculator

💰 GPT-4.1 saves $5,400.00/month (75% cheaper)
OGPT-5
Per request$0.0240
Daily$240.00
Monthly$7,200.00
Yearly$87,600.00
OGPT-4.1CHEAPER
Per request$0.006000
Daily$60.00
Monthly$1,800.00
Yearly$21,900.00
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Choose GPT-5 when…

  • ✓ Optimized for: Frontier tasks & agents
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Choose GPT-4.1 when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 75% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Cheaper cached price ($1 vs $4/1M)
  • ✓ Optimized for: Coding & instruction following

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