LLM Reference

GPT-4o Search Preview

Released
2025-02-26
Last refreshed
2026-06-15
Status
Researched 28d ago
ProprietaryCommercial use: conditionalRAGLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool use

GPT-4o Search Preview is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
  • Workloads that can use a 128k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
GPT-4o
Released
2025-02-26
Context
128k
Architecture
Decoder Only
Knowledge cutoff
2023-10
Specialization
general
Openness
Proprietary
License
ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
Created by
OpenAIOpenAI

Cutting-edge research and development.

San Francisco, California, United States
Founded 2015
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$10.00
Input / 1M
$2.50

Cheapest of 1 route · OpenRouter

Providers(1)
OpenRouter
View 1 provider route
Links
Website

About

OpenAI: GPT-4o Search Preview available via OpenRouter. Pricing: $2.5/1M input, $10/1M output.

GPT-4o Search Preview is a proprietary model in the GPT-4o family. The structured metadata tracks a 128k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through OpenRouter, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $2.5 input and $10 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for GPT-4o Search Preview yet.

Top use-case fit

RAG

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
OpenRouter$2.50$10.00
Serverless

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor RAG

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of GPT-4o Search Preview?

GPT-4o Search Preview has a context window of 128k tokens.

How much does GPT-4o Search Preview cost?

GPT-4o Search Preview is available at $2.5/1M input tokens through OpenRouter.

When was GPT-4o Search Preview released?

GPT-4o Search Preview was released on 2025-02-26.

Which providers offer GPT-4o Search Preview?

GPT-4o Search Preview is available from 1 provider: OpenRouter.