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GPT-Realtime-2.1

openai·openai/gpt-realtime-2.1·GA·Closed·gpt series·NEW

Realtime speech-to-speech model with configurable reasoning, tool use, and robust voice-agent behavior

At a glance
Official price$4.00 / $24.00 per 1M
Cache read $0.40 · OpenAI
Lowest paid$4.00 / $24.00
OpenAI First-party · 1× spread
Context128,000
Output limit32,000
Capabilities
ReasoningTool useStructured outputTemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
TextAudioImage
Knowledge cutoff2024-09-30
Released / updated2026-07-06 / 2026-07-06

Quality & performance

Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.

Available at 2 providers2 with public prices

ProviderTierInputOutputCache readCache writeContextOutput limitStatus
OpenAIOfficialFirst-party$4.00$24.00$0.40128,00032,000
Vercel AI GatewayCloud$4.00$24.00$0.40128,00032,000

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

1OpenAI · Official$1,568.00
2Vercel AI Gateway$1,568.00
The cheapest paid channel is official.

Benchmark

No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.

Reasoning control

effort = minimaleffort = loweffort = mediumeffort = higheffort = xhigh

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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync

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$24.00$02026-08-052026-08-132026-08-05 · Input list $4.002026-08-06 · Input list $4.002026-08-07 · Input list $4.002026-08-08 · Input list $4.002026-08-09 · Input list $4.002026-08-10 · Input list $4.002026-08-11 · Input list $4.002026-08-12 · Input list $4.002026-08-13 · Input list $4.002026-08-05 · Output list $24.002026-08-06 · Output list $24.002026-08-07 · Output list $24.002026-08-08 · Output list $24.002026-08-09 · Output list $24.002026-08-10 · Output list $24.002026-08-11 · Output list $24.002026-08-12 · Output list $24.002026-08-13 · Output list $24.002026-08-05 · Min blended $9.002026-08-06 · Min blended $9.002026-08-07 · Min blended $9.002026-08-08 · Min blended $9.002026-08-09 · Min blended $9.002026-08-10 · Min blended $9.002026-08-11 · Min blended $9.002026-08-12 · Min blended $9.002026-08-13 · Min blended $9.00