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OpenAI GPT-5 Nano
openai·openai/openai-gpt-5-nano·GA·Closed·gpt-nano series
Compact GPT model for low-latency assistance and high-volume workloads
At a glance
Reference price$0.05 / $0.40 per 1M
Cache read $0.005 · DigitalOcean
Lowest paid$0.05 / $0.40
Helicone Gateway · 1× 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 & 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
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helicone gpt-5-nano | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.40 | $0.005 | — | 400,000 | 128,000 | |
| DigitalOcean | Cloud | $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
1Helicone$24.60
2DigitalOcean$24.60
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
effort = minimaleffort = loweffort = mediumeffort = high
Related models
gpt-5.4-nano-2026-03-17same series$0.20 / $1.25GPT-5.4 nanosame series$0.20 / $1.25GPT-5.4 Nano (OpenAI)same series$0.20 / $1.25GLM-4.7-Flashcheaper alternative$0 / $0Hy3cheaper alternative$0 / $0Qwen3.7 Flashcheaper alternative$0.03 / $0.118Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3Bcheaper alternative$0 / $0
Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input list $0.05Output list $0.40Min blended $0.138
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-08-13). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.