Context
922K
Max output
128K
Serving providers
2
Cheapest input
$4.00 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
Azure$4.00$20.001
OpenAICheapest$4.00$20.001
Standardgpt-5.6
ComponentUnitStandardBatch
Text cached in/1M tok$0.40—
Text cache write/1M tok$5.00—
Text input/1M tok$4.00$2.00
Text output/1M tok$20.00$10.00

Price history

listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens
Input Output
Input down 20% since first tracked
$0.00$10.00$20.00$30.00Jul 10Jul 12Aug 23Aug 28Sep 26$20.00$4.00

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Model IDs

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gpt-5.6azure/gpt-5.6

Frequently asked questions

GPT 5.6 pricing, context and availability

How much does GPT 5.6 cost?

GPT 5.6 costs $4.00 per 1M input tokens from OpenAI, and $20.00 per 1M output tokens from OpenAI.

What is the context window of GPT 5.6?

GPT 5.6 accepts up to 922K tokens of context and can return up to 128K output tokens.

Which providers serve GPT 5.6?

GPT 5.6 is available from 2 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. OpenAI is currently the cheapest.

What can GPT 5.6 do?

GPT 5.6 supports image input (vision), tool use, reasoning, prompt caching, structured output and web search.

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