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GPT-5.1 Thinking


GPT-5.1 Thinking is OpenAI's language model with a 400K context window and up to 128K output tokens, starting at $1.25 / 1M input and $10.00 / 1M output. A GPT-5.1 variant with adaptive thinking that allocates more reasoning time to complex queries while responding quickly to simpler ones.
Specifications
Canonical IDopenai-gpt-5-1-thinking
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorOpenAIOpenAI
Providers
Context Window400K tokens
Max Output128K tokens
Input ModalitiesImagePdf
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 6 months ago

Capabilities

Input2/5
Text·
Image
Audio·
Video·
PDF
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
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Vercel AI Gateway
openai/gpt-5.1-thinking
$1.25$10.00$0.125

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
GPT-5.1 Thinking400K$1.25$10.00Current
GPT-5 Mini Image400K$2.50$2.00Available
GPT-5 Image400K$10.00$10.00Available
GPT-5 Pro400K$15.00$120.00Available
GPT-5 Codex400K$1.25$10.00Available
GPT-5410K$1.25$10.00Available
GPT-5 Chat128K$1.25$10.00Available
GPT-5 Mini400K$0.250$2.00Available
GPT-5 Nano400K$0.050$0.400Available
GPT-5 ChatGPTAvailable
GPT-5 LowAvailable

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