How much does the OpenAI GPT-5.4 API cost?

GPT-5.4 API pricing is $2.50 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens. Use our calculator at aiapicost.com for exact cost estimates based on your usage.

Which AI model is cheapest for API usage?

The cheapest AI API models change frequently. Use aiapicost.com to compare real-time pricing across 400+ models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and more. DeepSeek and open-source models typically offer the lowest per-token costs.

How do AI API token costs work?

AI APIs charge per token (roughly 0.75 words). Costs are split into input tokens (what you send) and output tokens (what the model generates). Output tokens are typically 2-5x more expensive. Prices are quoted per 1 million tokens.

Claude vs ChatGPT: which is better?

Both are top-tier models. Claude excels at coding and instruction-following, while GPT-5.4 offers broader multimodal capabilities. Compare them head-to-head at aiapicost.com/compare with real benchmark data.

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Compare 446+ AI models across 12 benchmarks — Intelligence, Coding, Math, Science, and more. Data updated hourly.

Benchmarks:

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Model

Speed

$/1M

AA Index▼

GPQA

MMLU-Pro

LiveCode

AIME

HLE

GPT-5.4 (xhigh)

OpenAI

84 t/s

$5.6

57.2

92.0%

—

41.6%

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Google

115 t/s

$4.5

57.2

94.1%

—

44.7%

GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)

OpenAI

78 t/s

$4.8

54.0

91.5%

—

39.9%

Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)

Anthropic

54 t/s

$10.0

53.0

89.6%

—

36.7%

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)

Anthropic

66 t/s

$6.0

51.7

87.5%

—

30.0%

GPT-5.2 (xhigh)

OpenAI

63 t/s

$4.8

51.3

90.3%

87.4%

88.9%

99.0%

35.4%

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

Z AI

60 t/s

$1.6

49.8

82.0%

—

27.2%

Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)

Anthropic

64 t/s

$10.0

49.7

86.6%

89.5%

87.1%

91.3%

28.4%

MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax

46 t/s

$0.53

49.6

87.4%

—

28.1%

MiMo-V2-Pro

Xiaomi

83 t/s

$1.5

49.2

87.0%

—

28.3%

GPT-5.2 Codex (xhigh)

OpenAI

123 t/s

$4.8

49.0

89.9%

—

33.5%

Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (Reasoning)

xAI

238 t/s

$3.0

48.5

88.5%

—

30.0%

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

Google

115 t/s

$4.5

48.4

90.8%

89.8%

91.7%

95.7%

37.2%

GPT-5.4 mini (xhigh)

OpenAI

219 t/s

$1.7

48.1

87.5%

—

26.6%

GPT-5.1 (high)

OpenAI

85 t/s

$3.4

47.7

87.3%

87.0%

86.8%

94.0%

26.5%

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi

36 t/s

$1.2

46.8

87.9%

—

29.4%

GLM-5-Turbo

Z AI

—

$0.00

46.8

84.7%

—

25.4%

GPT-5.2 (medium)

OpenAI

—

$4.8

46.6

86.4%

85.9%

89.4%

96.7%

24.9%

Claude Opus 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)

Anthropic

55 t/s

$10.0

46.5

84.0%

—

18.6%

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning)

Google

180 t/s

$1.1

46.4

89.8%

89.0%

90.8%

97.0%

34.7%

Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)

Alibaba

54 t/s

$1.4

45.0

89.3%

—

27.3%

GPT-5 (high)

OpenAI

94 t/s

$3.4

44.6

85.4%

87.1%

84.6%

94.3%

26.5%

GPT-5 Codex (high)

OpenAI

216 t/s

$3.4

44.6

83.7%

86.5%

84.0%

98.7%

25.6%

GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

OpenAI

178 t/s

$0.46

44.4

81.7%

—

26.5%

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, High Effort)

Anthropic

57 t/s

$6.0

44.4

79.9%

—

13.2%

MiMo-V2-Omni

Xiaomi

—

$0.00

43.4

82.8%

—

19.9%

GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

OpenAI

139 t/s

$3.4

43.1

86.0%

84.9%

95.7%

23.4%

Claude Opus 4.5 (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic

62 t/s

$10.0

43.1

81.0%

88.9%

73.8%

62.7%

12.9%

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)

Anthropic

58 t/s

$6.0

43.0

83.4%

87.5%

71.4%

88.0%

17.3%

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Non-reasoning, Low Effort)

Anthropic

63 t/s

$6.0

42.6

79.7%

—

10.8%

Qwen3.5 27B (Reasoning)

Alibaba

90 t/s

$0.82

42.1

85.8%

—

22.2%

GLM-4.7 (Reasoning)

Z AI

79 t/s

$1.0

42.1

85.9%

85.6%

89.4%

95.0%

25.1%

GPT-5 (medium)

OpenAI

69 t/s

$3.4

42.0

84.2%

86.7%

70.3%

91.7%

23.5%

Claude 4.1 Opus (Reasoning)

Anthropic

41 t/s

$30.0

42.0

80.9%

88.0%

65.4%

80.3%

11.9%

MiniMax-M2.5

MiniMax

47 t/s

$0.53

41.9

84.8%

—

19.1%

DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek

31 t/s

$0.32

41.7

84.0%

86.2%

92.0%

22.2%

Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning)

Alibaba

134 t/s

$1.1

41.6

85.7%

—

23.4%

MiMo-V2-Flash (Feb 2026)

Xiaomi

131 t/s

$0.15

41.5

83.5%

—

20.0%

Grok 4

xAI

47 t/s

$6.0

41.5

87.7%

86.6%

81.9%

92.7%

23.9%

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (low)

Google

111 t/s

$4.5

41.3

88.7%

89.5%

85.7%

86.7%

27.6%

GPT-5 mini (high)

OpenAI

89 t/s

$0.69

41.2

82.8%

83.7%

83.8%

90.7%

19.7%

Kimi K2 Thinking

Kimi

104 t/s

$1.1

40.9

83.8%

84.8%

85.3%

94.7%

22.3%

o3-pro

OpenAI

21 t/s

$35.0

40.7

84.5%

—

GLM-5 (Non-reasoning)

Z AI

62 t/s

$1.6

40.6

66.6%

—

7.2%

Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning)

Alibaba

55 t/s

$1.4

40.1

86.1%

—

18.8%

Qwen3 Max Thinking

Alibaba

34 t/s

$2.4

39.9

86.1%

—

26.2%

MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax

50 t/s

$0.53

39.4

83.0%

87.5%

81.0%

82.7%

22.2%

GPT-5 (low)

OpenAI

66 t/s

$3.4

39.2

80.8%

86.0%

76.3%

83.0%

18.4%

MiMo-V2-Flash (Reasoning)

Xiaomi

125 t/s

$0.15

39.2

84.6%

84.3%

86.8%

96.3%

21.1%

Claude 4 Opus (Reasoning)

Anthropic

40 t/s

$30.0

39.0

79.6%

87.3%

63.6%

73.3%

11.7%

GPT-5 mini (medium)

OpenAI

72 t/s

$0.69

38.9

80.3%

82.8%

69.2%

85.0%

14.6%

Claude 4 Sonnet (Reasoning)

Anthropic

57 t/s

$6.0

38.7

77.7%

84.2%

65.5%

74.3%

9.6%

GPT-5.1 Codex mini (high)

OpenAI

188 t/s

$0.69

38.6

81.3%

82.0%

83.6%

91.7%

16.9%

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

xAI

139 t/s

$0.28

38.6

85.3%

85.4%

82.2%

89.3%

17.6%

OpenAI

94 t/s

$3.5

38.4

82.7%

85.3%

80.8%

88.3%

20.0%

GPT-5.4 nano (medium)

OpenAI

169 t/s

$0.46

38.1

76.1%

—

14.7%

Step 3.5 Flash

StepFun

93 t/s

$0.15

37.8

83.1%

—

19.1%

GPT-5.4 mini (medium)

OpenAI

200 t/s

$1.7

37.7

82.3%

—

17.1%

Kimi K2.5 (Non-reasoning)

Kimi

33 t/s

$1.2

37.3

78.9%

—

12.3%

Qwen3.5 27B (Non-reasoning)

Alibaba

90 t/s

$0.82

37.2

84.2%

—

13.2%

Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning)

Anthropic

139 t/s

$2.0

37.1

67.2%

76.0%

61.5%

83.7%

9.7%

Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Reasoning)

Alibaba

111 t/s

$0.69

37.1

84.5%

—

19.7%

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic

53 t/s

$6.0

37.1

72.7%

86.0%

59.0%

37.0%

7.1%

MiniMax-M2

MiniMax

49 t/s

$0.53

36.1

77.7%

82.0%

82.6%

78.3%

12.5%

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)

NVIDIA

363 t/s

$0.41

36.0

80.0%

—

19.2%

KAT-Coder-Pro V1

KwaiKAT

38 t/s

$0.53

36.0

76.4%

81.3%

74.7%

94.7%

33.4%

Claude 4.1 Opus (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic

35 t/s

$30.0

36.0

—

Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Non-reasoning)

Alibaba

148 t/s

$1.1

35.9

82.7%

—

14.8%

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

Amazon

154 t/s

$3.4

35.7

78.5%

83.0%

73.0%

89.0%

8.9%

GPT-5.4 (Non-reasoning)

OpenAI

61 t/s

$5.6

35.4

74.8%

—

10.6%

Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning)

xAI

120 t/s

$0.28

35.1

84.7%

85.0%

83.2%

89.7%

17.0%

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Non-reasoning)

Google

190 t/s

$1.1

35.0

81.2%

88.2%

79.7%

55.7%

14.1%

Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Reasoning)

Anthropic

—

$6.0

34.7

77.2%

83.7%

47.3%

56.3%

10.3%

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google

131 t/s

$3.4

34.6

84.4%

86.2%

80.1%

87.7%

21.1%

GLM-4.7 (Non-reasoning)

Z AI

77 t/s

$0.94

34.2

66.4%

79.4%

56.2%

48.0%

6.1%

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (Reasoning)

DeepSeek

—

$0.80

33.9

79.2%

85.1%

79.8%

89.7%

15.2%

GPT-5.2 (Non-reasoning)

OpenAI

63 t/s

$4.8

33.6

71.2%

81.4%

66.9%

51.0%

7.3%

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview

Google

216 t/s

$0.56

33.5

82.2%

—

16.2%

Doubao Seed Code

ByteDance Seed

—

$0.00

33.5

76.4%

85.4%

76.6%

79.3%

13.3%

gpt-oss-120B (high)

OpenAI

252 t/s

$0.26

33.3

78.2%

80.8%

87.8%

93.4%

18.5%

o4-mini (high)

OpenAI

143 t/s

$1.9

33.1

78.4%

83.2%

85.9%

90.7%

17.5%

Claude 4 Opus (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic

39 t/s

$30.0

33.0

70.1%

86.0%

54.2%

36.3%

5.9%

Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic

51 t/s

$6.0

33.0

68.3%

83.7%

44.9%

38.0%

4.0%

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (Reasoning)

DeepSeek

32 t/s

$0.32

32.9

79.7%

85.0%

78.9%

87.7%

13.8%

Mercury 2

Inception

907 t/s

$0.38

32.8

77.0%

—

15.5%

GLM-4.6 (Reasoning)

Z AI

84 t/s

$0.98

32.5

78.0%

82.9%

69.5%

86.0%

13.3%

Qwen3 Max Thinking (Preview)

Alibaba

45 t/s

$2.4

32.5

77.6%

82.4%

53.5%

82.3%

12.0%

Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)

Alibaba

55 t/s

$0.11

32.4

80.6%

—

13.3%

DeepSeek V3.2 (Non-reasoning)

DeepSeek

33 t/s

$0.32

32.1

75.1%

83.7%

59.3%

59.0%

10.5%

Grok 3 mini Reasoning (high)

xAI

196 t/s

$0.35

32.1

79.1%

82.8%

69.6%

84.7%

11.1%

K-EXAONE (Reasoning)

LG AI Research

—

$0.00

32.1

78.3%

83.8%

76.8%

90.3%

13.1%

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)

Amazon

149 t/s

$3.4

31.9

75.1%

82.2%

63.8%

63.3%

5.2%

Qwen3 Max

Alibaba

33 t/s

$2.4

31.4

76.4%

84.1%

76.7%

80.7%

11.1%

Claude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic

120 t/s

$2.0

31.1

64.6%

80.0%

51.1%

39.0%

4.3%

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)

Google

—

$0.00

31.1

79.3%

84.2%

71.3%

78.3%

12.7%

Kimi K2 0905

Kimi

64 t/s

$1.1

30.9

76.7%

81.9%

61.0%

57.3%

6.3%

OpenAI

113 t/s

$26.3

30.8

74.7%

84.1%

67.9%

72.3%

7.7%

Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)

Anthropic

—

$6.0

30.8

65.6%

80.3%

39.4%

21.0%

4.8%

Qwen3.5 35B A3B (Non-reasoning)

Alibaba

119 t/s

$0.69

30.7

81.9%

—

12.8%

100

MiMo-V2-Flash (Non-reasoning)

Xiaomi

130 t/s

$0.15

30.4

65.6%

74.4%

40.2%

67.7%

8.0%

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Benchmark Guide

Intelligence

Source ↗

Composite score across math, science, coding

GPQA

Source ↗

Graduate-level science Q&A (Diamond)

MMLU-Pro

Source ↗

Knowledge & reasoning across 57 subjects

LiveCodeBench

Source ↗

Live coding benchmark with new problems

AIME 2025

Source ↗

American Invitational Math Exam

MATH-500

Source ↗

Competition-level math problems

HLE

Source ↗

Humanity's Last Exam - hardest questions

Coding

Source ↗

Composite coding benchmark score

Math

Source ↗

Composite math benchmark score

SciCode

Source ↗

Scientific coding problems

IFBench

Source ↗

Instruction following benchmark

TerminalBench

Source ↗

Terminal/CLI task completion

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