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GPT-5 vs GPT-5 Image

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

GPT-5 Image wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics
Price Advantage
GPT-5
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5
Context Window
GPT-5 Image
Speed
GPT-5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5GPT-5 ImageWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$10.00 GPT-5
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$10.00Tie
Cache Read (per 1M)$125000.00$1250000.00 GPT-5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5 is 66% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.25 (Cheapest)

GPT-5 Image Providers

OpenAI $10.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5 Wins
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GPT-5 Image Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5GPT-5 ImageWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
44.5--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
36.0--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
94.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.1--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
85.4--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
84.6--
Aider
Real-world code editing
88.0--
AIME
Competition math
95.7--
GPT-5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 Image
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5GPT-5 ImageWinner
Tokens/second113.9 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token100.48sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5GPT-5 Image
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5GPT-5 Image
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Oct 2025

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

GPT-5 Image Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
imagetext

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. GPT-5 has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.0, compared to GPT-5 Image's score of N/A.
GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window, while GPT-5 Image has a 400,000 token context window.
GPT-5 supports vision. GPT-5 Image supports vision.