OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano

by OpenAI

GPT-5-Nano is the smallest and fastest variant in the GPT-5 system, optimized for developer tools, rapid interactions, and ultra-low latency environments. While limited in reasoning depth compared to its larger counterparts, it retains key instruction-following and safety features. It is the successor to GPT-4.1-nano and offers a lightweight option for cost-sensitive or real-time applications.

Avg Score

77.1%

735 answers

Avg Latency

34.2s

294 runs

Pricing

$0.05

input

$0.40

output

per 1M tokens

Context

400K

tokens

Alternatives

Models with similar or better quality but different tradeoffs

Same Quality, Cheaper

Models with similar or better performance at a lower cost per token.

Model	Cost
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash	-71%
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	-60%
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick	-57%
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2	-56%
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324	-43%

Same Quality, Faster

Models with similar or better performance but lower latency.

Model	Latency
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview	-81%
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	-81%
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash	-79%
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haiku	-76%
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick	-75%

Same Cost, Better

Models at a similar price point with higher benchmark scores.

Model	Score
xAI: Grok 4.1 Fast	+7%
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2	+6%
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324	+5%
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512	+3%
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash	+0%

Other Models from OpenAI

Compare performance with other models from the same creator

Model	Score	Latency	Cost/1M
OpenAI: o1-pro	94.2%	95.3s	$375.00
OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Max	93.5%	25.2s	$5.63
OpenAI: GPT-5	92.2%	54.7s	$5.63
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image	90.9%	49.2s	$10.00
OpenAI: GPT-5.1 Chat	90.6%	6.1s	$5.63
OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex	90.6%	16.6s	$5.63
OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini	90.6%	12.6s	$1.13
OpenAI: GPT-5.1	90.3%	35.5s	$5.63
OpenAI: o3	90.3%	19.0s	$5.00
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b	90.0%	28.3s	$0.11
OpenAI: o4 Mini Deep Research	89.7%	134.5s	$5.00
OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro	89.4%	332.1s	$67.50
OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini	89.3%	31.8s	$2.25
OpenAI: GPT-4o Search Preview	89.3%	11.2s	$6.25
OpenAI: GPT-4.1	89.2%	21.8s	$5.00
OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b	88.4%	2.3s	$0.19
OpenAI: o1	88.3%	24.1s	$37.50
OpenAI: GPT-5.2	87.8%	20.7s	$7.88
OpenAI: o3 Pro	87.6%	125.7s	$50.00
OpenAI: GPT-5.2-Codex	87.2%	21.7s	$7.88
OpenAI: GPT-5 Codex	87.2%	20.5s	$5.63
OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Pro	86.9%	47.7s	$94.50
OpenAI: o3 Deep Research	86.5%	362.7s	$25.00
OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat	86.4%	9.5s	$7.88
OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat	86.2%	6.8s	$5.63
OpenAI: o4 Mini High	86.1%	26.8s	$2.75
OpenAI: o3 Mini High	86.1%	13.8s	$2.75
OpenAI: o4 Mini	85.3%	18.2s	$2.75
OpenAI: o3 Mini	85.3%	16.0s	$2.75
OpenAI: ChatGPT-4o	82.9%	7.4s	$10.00
OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini	82.5%	24.7s	$1.13
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)	76.5%	4.7s	$10.00
OpenAI: GPT-4o	76.1%	5.8s	$12.00
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20)	75.6%	13.0s	$6.25
OpenAI: GPT-4o	73.8%	12.5s	$6.25
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b	72.8%	13.3s	$0.06
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini	71.9%	13.2s	$1.00
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)	70.8%	13.7s	$1.50
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)	70.3%	13.2s	$0.38
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)	70.0%	9.5s	$6.25
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b	69.6%	29.0s	$0.11
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini	67.4%	11.5s	$0.38
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview	66.2%	6.5s	$0.38
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)	64.7%	18.1s	$20.00
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview	62.6%	15.8s	$20.00
OpenAI: GPT-4	61.7%	12.1s	$45.00
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo	61.5%	26.5s	$20.00
OpenAI: GPT-4 (older v0314)	59.7%	16.8s	$45.00
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano	59.2%	5.3s	$0.25
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k	48.2%	4.2s	$3.50
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo	42.9%	4.0s	$1.00
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct	27.5%	4.4s	$1.75
OpenAI: GPT-4o Audio	—	—	$6.25
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b	—	—	Free
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b	—	—	Free
OpenAI: GPT Audio	—	—	$6.25
OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini	—	—	$1.50
OpenAI: Codex Mini	—	—	$3.75

Benchmark Performance

How this model performs across different benchmarks

Benchmark	Score	Rank
Venture Capital Terms Benchmark	100.0%	1 / 25
Spatial Reasoning: Germany	90.9%	18 / 35
Character Frequency Bench	83.3%	19 / 35
Niederstetten Benchmark	24.0%	30 / 41
Money Boy Cultural Literacy Test	20.0%	24 / 35
German Memelord Bench	12.1%	22 / 35

Price vs Performance

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Score Over Time

Performance trends across all benchmark runs

Benchmark Activity

Number of benchmark runs over time

Quickstart

Get started with this model using OpenRouter

View on OpenRouter

import { OpenRouter } from "@openrouter/sdk";

const openrouter = new OpenRouter({
  apiKey: "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
});

const completion = await openrouter.chat.completions.create({
  model: "openai/gpt-5-nano",
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "Hello!"
    }
  ]
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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