OpenAIReleased on Nov 13, 2025

GPT-5.1: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

GPT-5.1 is a language model from OpenAI, released in November 2025, with multimodal input, a 400K-token context window, and pricing from $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output.

The best model for coding and agentic tasks with configurable reasoning effort. GPT-5.1 is our flagship model for coding and agentic tasks with configurable reasoning and non-reasoning effort.

Input
TextImage
Output
Text

GPT-5.1 benchmarks

Rankings

Quality Tracker

GPT-5.1 Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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GPT-5.1 pricing

Providers

GPT-5.1 starts at $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens via OpenAI.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p50 / p95 sOutput avg / p5 c/sSuccess 7dModalities in / out
OpenAI logoOpenAI
$1.25$10.00400.0K/128.0K
1.26/2.05
342/272
100.00%(5)
/

Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests. Success is calculated from completed versus failed requests over the trailing seven days.

GPT-5.1 context window

Input and output token limits for GPT-5.1, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
400Ktokens
128Ktokens
602 pages of text
400K
8K128K1M

GPT-5.1 API

POST/v1/chat/completions

Run a request to see the response

Use it in your code

Billed at $1.25 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens through the LLM Stats gateway.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5.1-2025-11-13",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is machine learning?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.

GPT-5.1 latency

GPT-5.1 time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Provider operational metrics

Time to first token, output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic

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GPT-5.1 examples

Recent arena outputs from GPT-5.1, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

GPT-5.1 license

GPT-5.1 is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms, has a knowledge cutoff of September 2024.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access
Knowledge cutoff
September 2024

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

GPT-5.1 resources

Official sources for GPT-5.1: api documentation, official playground, official launch post.

GPT-5.1 vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to GPT-5.1 are GPT-5 Medium, Seed 2.0 Pro, GPT-5.1 High. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like GPT-5.1

Models ranked just above and below GPT-5.1 by LLM Stats score.

 

GPT-5 Medium

Score pending
 

Seed 2.0 Pro

Score pending
 

GPT-5.1 High

Score pending
 

Grok-3

Score pending
 

GPT-5.1 Thinking

Score pending
 

GPT-5.1 Instant

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about GPT-5.1.

When was GPT-5.1 released?

GPT-5.1 was released on November 13, 2025 by OpenAI. This is the official GPT-5.1 release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does GPT-5.1 cost?

GPT-5.1 costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens through the LLM Stats API, which works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK. Across tracked providers, the lowest price is $1.25 per million input tokens via OpenAI.

Is GPT-5.1 available via API?

Yes. GPT-5.1 is available through the LLM Stats API and works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK — point your client at the gateway base URL and pass the model name. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created GPT-5.1?

GPT-5.1 was created by OpenAI.

What is the license for GPT-5.1?

GPT-5.1 is released under the Proprietary license.

What is the knowledge cutoff date for GPT-5.1?

GPT-5.1 has a knowledge cutoff of September 2024, meaning it was trained on data up to that point and may not know about events after it.

Is GPT-5.1 multimodal?

Yes, GPT-5.1 is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

What is GPT-5.1 latency?

GPT-5.1 p95 time to first token is 2.05 seconds via OpenAI over the trailing 7 days. Lower time to first token means the model begins responding sooner for chat, agents and API workloads.

Where can I use GPT-5.1?

GPT-5.1 is available through 1 provider including OpenAI.

Where is the GPT-5.1 paper or technical report?

GPT-5.1 has a paper or technical report available at https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare GPT-5.1 against?

Common GPT-5.1 comparisons include GPT-5.1 vs GPT-5 Medium, GPT-5.1 vs Seed 2.0 Pro, GPT-5.1 vs GPT-5.1 High. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.