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Using GPT-5 Codex on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · GPT-5 · OpenAI

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

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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-codex — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $1.25/1M input, $10.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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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 OutputsCode Execution

About GPT-5 Codex

GPT-5 Codex is OpenAI's coding-specialized variant of GPT-5, optimized for software engineering workflows, code generation, and agentic coding tasks at 400K context.

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Model Specs

Released2025-10-01
Context400k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2024-09

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Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA