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GPT-4.5 on Azure OpenAI

GPT-4.5 · OpenAI

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Last refreshed 2026-05-20. Next refresh: weekly.

Why use GPT-4.5 on Azure OpenAI?

Azure OpenAI offers GPT-4.5 with competitive pricing. Azure OpenAI Service hosts OpenAI's GPT-4o, GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and embedding models on Microsoft Azure with enterprise SLAs.

Compare GPT-4.5 across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use case
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Cache
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Batch
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Setup recipe

Python + curl
Install
pip install openai
Auth
export AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=...
Call
import os
from openai import AzureOpenAI
client = AzureOpenAI(
    azure_endpoint=os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"],  # e.g. https://{resource}.openai.azure.com
Model ID
gpt-4-5

Request example

import os
from openai import AzureOpenAI

client = AzureOpenAI(
    azure_endpoint=os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"],  # e.g. https://{resource}.openai.azure.com
    api_key=os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY"],
    api_version="2024-02-01"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4-5",  # your deployment name
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Gotchas

  • gpt-4-5 is your Azure deployment name, not the underlying model name. Deployment names are set when you deploy a model in Azure AI Foundry / Azure OpenAI Studio.
  • The examples expect AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.

Compare GPT-4.5 Across Providers

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OpenAI API
Azure OpenAI

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode Execution

About GPT-4.5

Improved GPT-4 variant released March 2026. Enhanced performance over GPT-4o with better reasoning and code generation.

FAQ

What is the context window for GPT-4.5 on Azure OpenAI?

GPT-4.5 supports a 8,000 token context window on Azure OpenAI.

Who created GPT-4.5?

GPT-4.5 was created by OpenAI as part of the GPT-4.5 model family.

Is GPT-4.5 open source?

GPT-4.5 is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.

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Model Specs

Released2025-02-27
Context8K
Knowledge cutoff2025-04