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GPT-5 Nano
openai·openai/gpt-5-nano·BETA·Closed·gpt-nano series
Tiny GPT-5 lane for routing, extraction, classification, and bulk jobs
At a glance
Official price$0.05 / $0.40 per 1M
Cache read $0.005 · OpenAI
Lowest paid$0.045 / $0.36
Jiekou.AI Gateway · 1.3× spread
Context400,000
Output limit128,000
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured outputTemperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-05-30
Released / updated2025-08-07 / 2025-08-07
Quality & performanceArtificial Analysis · Intelligence Index v4.1 · rep. tier high
Intelligence20.1
Value162
Coding—
Agentic—
Output speed167 tok/s
TTFT94.31 s
Value formulaIQ 20.1 ÷ min blended $0.124 = 162
Reasoning tier → intelligence / speed (higher tier = stronger but slower)
minimalIQ 7.8 · 161 tok/s
mediumIQ 19.2 · 159 tok/s
highIQ 20.1 · 167 tok/s
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
Available at 26 providers25 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiekou.AI | Gateway | $0.045 | $0.36 | — | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| Poe | Gateway | $0.045 | $0.36 | $0.0045 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| OrcaRouter | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| Impossibl | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| Databricks databricks-gpt-5-nano | Cloud | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| OpenAIOfficial | First-party | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| NEAR AI Cloud | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| Merge Gateway | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1Poe$22.14
2OrcaRouter$24.60
3NanoGPT$24.60
4Impossibl$24.60
5OpenRouter$24.60
6Databricks$24.60
7OpenAI · Official$24.60
Switch to Poe to save $2.46/mo (10%). The gap is small, so staying on the official channel is fine.
Note: this is a gateway; verify availability and rate limits yourself.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
effort = minimaleffort = loweffort = mediumeffort = higheffort = xhigheffort = none
2 / 26 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended