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Using GPT-5 Image on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · GPT-5 · OpenAI

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OpenRouter exposes GPT-5 Image through model ID openai/gpt-5-image. 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-image — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $10.00/1M 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$10.00
Output tokens$10.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool use

About GPT-5 Image

GPT-5 Image combines OpenAI's GPT-5 language model with state-of-the-art image generation, enabling both text understanding and image creation within a single 400K context model.

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Model Specs

Released2025-10-01
Context400k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

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Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA