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GPT-5 Chat vs o3-pro — Pricing & Capability Comparison

GPT-5 Chat charges $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens. o3-pro comes in at $20.00 / $80.00. Context windows span 200K vs 200K tokens respectively.

Input price (per 1M)

GPT-5 Chat

$1.25

o3-pro

$20.00

GPT-5 Chat leads here

Output price (per 1M)

GPT-5 Chat

$10.00

o3-pro

$80.00

GPT-5 Chat leads here

Context window

GPT-5 Chat

200,000 tokens

o3-pro

200,000 tokens

GPT-5 Chat leads here

Cached input

GPT-5 Chat

$0.125

o3-pro

Not published

GPT-5 Chat leads here

Cost comparison for 10K-token workloads

Side-by-side pricing for identical workloads (10,000 total tokens per request) across different distributions.

ScenarioGPT-5 Chato3-proGPT-5 Chat cached
Balanced conversation
50% input · 50% output
$0.0563$0.500$0.0506
Input-heavy workflow
80% input · 20% output
$0.0300$0.320$0.0210
Generation heavy
30% input · 70% output
$0.0738$0.620$0.0704
Cached system prompt
90% cached input · 10% fresh output
$0.0212$0.260$0.0111

Frequently asked questions

Which model is cheaper per million input tokens?

GPT-5 Chat costs $1.25 per million input tokens versus $20.00 for o3-pro.

How do output prices compare?

GPT-5 Chat charges $10.00 per million output tokens, while o3-pro costs $80.00 per million.

Which model supports a larger context window?

GPT-5 Chat offers 200,000 tokens (200K) versus 200K for o3-pro.

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