LLM Reference
OpenRouter

Using GPT-5 Chat on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · GPT-5 · OpenAI

Serverless

OpenRouter exposes GPT-5 Chat through model ID openai/gpt-5-chat. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-06-15. Next refresh: weekly.

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call openai/gpt-5-chat — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $1.25/1M input, $10.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
API PortalDocumentationPricingModel Card

Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$1.25
Output tokens$10.00
Image input$1.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

About GPT-5 Chat

GPT-5 Chat is OpenAI's conversational variant of GPT-5 designed for advanced multimodal, context-aware enterprise conversations at 128K context.

Full model details →

Model Specs

Released2025-10-01
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2024-09

More Models on OpenRouter

GPT-5.2GPT-5GPT-5 MiniGPT-5 NanoGPT-5 CodexGPT-5 Pro
All models on OpenRouter →

Also available on(1)

Vercel AI Gateway$1.25/1M
Compare all providers →

Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA