GPT Audio is OpenAI's language model with a 128K context window and up to 16K output tokens, available from 3 providers, starting at $2.50 / 1M input and $10.00 / 1M output. OpenAI's first generally available audio model that accepts and produces audio inputs and outputs via the Chat Completions API.
Specifications
Canonical IDopenai-gpt-audio
TypeLanguage
StatusDeprecating
CreatorOpenAIOpenAI
Providers
Context Window128K tokens
Max Output16K tokens
Input ModalitiesAudioText
Output ModalitiesAudioText
Release Date · 9 months ago
Knowledge Cutoff · 3 years ago
Deprecation Date

Capabilities

Input2/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio✓
Video·
PDF·
Output2/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio✓
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities4/13
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

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Audio In
$ / 1M
Audio Out
$ / 1M
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Azure AI Foundry
openai:gptaud
$2.50$10.00$40.00$10.00
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OpenAI
gpt-audio
$2.50$10.00$32.00$64.00
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OpenRouter
openai/gpt-audio
$2.50$10.00$32.00N/A

Cost Calculator

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
GPT Audio 1.5—128K$2.50$10.00Available
GPT Audio128K$2.50$10.00Current
GPT Audio Mini128K$0.600$2.40Deprecated
GPT Realtime 2 Image————Available
GPT Realtime 2 Text————Available

Model IDs

azure/gpt-audio
azure/gpt-audio-2025-08-28
gpt-audio
gpt-audio-2025-08-28
openai-gpt-audio
openai/gpt-audio
openrouter/openai/gpt-audio