OpenAIGPT-4 Turbo pricing
$10.00 per 1M input tokens and $30.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 2.0¢ per chat answer and 15¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What GPT-4 Turbo costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (GPT-6.1 Sol), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 2.0¢$20.34 / 1,000 | 45 in · 560 out · 103 reasoning | 307 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.64¢$6.36 / 1,000 | 258 in · 126 out | 286 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 6.9¢$69.23 / 1,000 | 59 in · 2,116 out · 172 reasoning | 307 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 3.8¢$38.08 / 1,000 | 283 in · 1,103 out · 72 reasoning | 298 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 5.3¢$53.29 / 1,000 | 1,330 in · 1,289 out · 44 reasoning | 296 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 2.7¢$27.04 / 1,000 | 718 in · 662 out | 306 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 15¢$145 / 1,000 | 12,987 in · 482 out · 26 reasoning | 323 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 1.7¢$17.23 / 1,000 | 373 in · 450 out | 301 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 27¢$272 / 1,000 | 4,779 in · 919 out · 6,553 reasoning | 317 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 5.0¢$50.16 / 1,000 | 3,690 in · 442 out | 313 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 2.8¢$28.18 / 1,000 | 1,261 in · 442 out · 77 reasoning | 284 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 16¢$165 / 1,000 | 4,557 in · 1,135 out · 2,843 reasoning | 306 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 1.5¢$15.03 / 1,000 | 126 in · 312 out · 147 reasoning | 292 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | $22.82$22,825 / 1,000 | 2,237,500 in · 15,000 out | 329 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving GPT-4 Turbo through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAIunknown | $10.00 / $30.00 | - | 128K |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Apr 18, 2024 at $10.00 input / $30.00 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does GPT-4 Turbo cost?
GPT-4 Turbo costs $10.00 per 1 million input tokens and $30.00 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 2.0¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 15¢.
Where is GPT-4 Turbo cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at OpenAI: $10.00 input and $30.00 output per 1M tokens.
Is the GPT-4 Turbo cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: GPT-4 Turbo was not run directly. Tokens come from GPT-6.1 Sol and are rescaled by the tokenizer of OpenAI. Real usage can differ.