GPT-4o

OpenAI flagship multimodal model for text, vision and real-time interaction

Published
scheduleReleasedMay 13, 2024

GPT-4o is OpenAI's general-purpose flagship multimodal model. It is suitable for products that need strong text understanding, image analysis, code assistance, tool calling and stable conversation quality at scale.

starsCapabilities

visibilityVision understandingcodeFunction callingdata_objectStructured output

paymentsContext and pricing

Context limit128,000
Max output16,384
Knowledge cutoff2023-09
Input price$2.5/ 1M tokens
Output price$10/ 1M tokens
Cached input price$1.25/ 1M tokens

descriptionOverview

Overview

GPT-4o is a balanced default choice for many production AI features. It combines strong language understanding, multimodal input and mature API ecosystem support.

Best for

Use GPT-4o when you need a reliable general model for assistants, content workflows, document understanding, image Q&A or tool-assisted automation.

lightbulbUse cases

  • Customer support assistants
  • Code generation and review
  • Image understanding and multimodal Q&A
  • Document summarization and extraction

thumb_upStrengths

  • Mature multimodal capability
  • Strong tool calling ecosystem
  • Stable general task performance
  • Good default production model

infoLimitations

  • More expensive than lightweight models
  • Deep reasoning tasks may require a dedicated reasoning model
  • Needs product-side safety controls

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