GPT-5 vs o3
API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | GPT-5 | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | API-only (closed weights) | API-only (closed weights) |
| Parameters | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Architecture | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Context length | 400,000 | 200,000 |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Commercial use | Per API terms | Per API terms |
| Languages | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads 30d | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads all time | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Quantizations on the Hub | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Gated | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| First seen on the Hub | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $1.25 | $2.00 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $8.00 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $11.25 | $10.00 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.13 | $0.50 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 23 | 20.2 |
| AA Coding Index | 37.8 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | — | — |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 100,000 |
| API providers | 2 | 1 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | Yes |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
GPT-5
$11.25
o3
$10.00
o3 is 1.1× cheaper at list price.