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GPT-5 Nano Pricing

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OpenAI · 400K tokens context

GPT-5 Nano from OpenAI costs $0.050 per 1 million input tokens and $0.400 per 1 million output tokens as of June 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 400,000-token context window (approximately 300,000 words) with a 8K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0000 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0005.

GPT-5 Nano pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.050 / 1M tokens
Output price$0.400 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio8.0×
Context window400,000 tokens (~300,000 words)
Maximum output8,192 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0000
TierFast
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GPT-5-Nano is the smallest and fastest variant in the GPT-5 system, optimized for developer tools, rapid interactions, and ultra-low latency environments. While limited in reasoning depth compared to its larger...

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.050

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$0.400

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

400K tokens

max 8K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.0000666$0.00016
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.000167$0.0004
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.00025$0.0006
100K token document100,000$0.005$0.012

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Extremely cheap at $0.050/1M input tokens
  • Large 400K-token context window
  • Low latency for high-throughput workloads
  • Multimodal: understands images as well as text

Limitations

  • Less capable than flagship models on complex reasoning
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

High-volume classification
Text extraction and summarization
Simple chat and Q&A
Cost-sensitive pipelines

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