price of compute

The price of a token

API list prices for frontier models, in USD per million tokens — standard tier, text, base context. Each number is verified against the lab’s official pricing page (date shown); the daily series is in the free API. More labs get added as they’re verified — never before.

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Input vs output $/MTok · log-log · 5×/6× guides
$1$3$10$30$100$0.3$1$3$10$30input →output ↑5×6×gpt-5.5-progpt-5.6-solgpt-5.4gpt-5.6-terragpt-5.6-luna

The dashed rays are constant output÷input ratios — nearly the whole market prices output at 5–6× input. Distance along a ray is price class; distance off it is pricing strategy.

The ladder · every model, one scale
$0.3$1$3$10$30$100gpt-5.6-luna: $0.20 in · $1.20 out per MTokgpt-5.6-lunagpt-5.6-terra: $2.00 in · $12.00 out per MTokgpt-5.6-terragpt-5.4: $2.50 in · $15.00 out per MTokgpt-5.4gpt-5.6-sol: $5.00 in · $30.00 out per MTokgpt-5.6-solgpt-5.5-pro: $30.00 in · $180.00 out per MTokgpt-5.5-proinputoutput · $/MTok, log scale

OpenAI

ModelInput $/MTokOutput $/MTokOut÷InBlended 3:1Verified
gpt-5.5-pro$30.00$180.006.0×$67.502026-08-10
gpt-5.6-sol$5.00$30.006.0×$11.252026-08-10
gpt-5.4$2.50$15.006.0×$5.632026-08-10
gpt-5.6-terra$2.00$12.006.0×$4.502026-08-10
gpt-5.6-luna$0.20$1.206.0×$0.452026-08-10

Last snapshot: 2026-08-11 06:05 UTC · List prices, not negotiated rates; cached-input, batch, and long-context tiers vary by lab and are noted where they differ. Same rule as the GPU side: a missing number beats a wrong one.