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 callingstreamStreaming outputdata_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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