OpenAI is the San Francisco lab behind the GPT series and ChatGPT. Its frontier models are closed source and accessed through a paid API, while its open-weight Whisper speech models and the open GPT-OSS series ship under permissive licenses.
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Open weight
0
API only
47
Avg score
62.7
Top benchmark
100.0
Image Arena
Total HF downloads
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128K – 1.1M
First release
Mar 2023
Latest release
Nov 2026
Ranked by composite score across benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT Image 2API | image | AA75.7 | — | Apr 2026 |
| 2 | GPT Image 1.5API | image | AA73.3 | — | Dec 2025 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1API | text | AA71.8 | — | Oct 2025 |
| 4 | GPT-5.3 Chat LatestAPI | text | AA71.7 | — | Feb 2026 |
| 5 | GPT-5 HighAPI | text | AA71.7 | — | Aug 2025 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 HighAPI | text | AA70.2 | — | Oct 2025 |
| 7 | OpenAI o4-miniAPI | text | AA70.0 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 8 | OpenAI o3API | text | BB69.6 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 9 | GPT-Image-2.6 SunburstAPI | image | BB69.3 | — | Nov 2026 |
| 10 | GPT-5.2API | text | BB69.3 | — | Dec 2025 |
The strongest model from this provider in each modality. Click a card to open the model page.
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GPT-5.1
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GPT Image 2
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Sora 2
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OpenAI TTS-1-HD
Embedding
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How this provider’s catalog splits across text, image, video, audio, embedding, and decision models.
When each model shipped, newest first.
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Composite grades across this provider’s catalog. Higher is better, blending benchmarks, popularity, and efficiency.
Closed-source models accessed through OpenAI’s API.
API pricing is per million tokens unless noted otherwise.
| # | Model | Modality | Score | Params | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT Image 2API | image | AA75.7 | — | Apr 2026 |
| 2 | GPT Image 1.5API | image | AA73.3 | — | Dec 2025 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1API | text | AA71.8 | — | Oct 2025 |
| 4 | GPT-5.3 Chat LatestAPI | text | AA71.7 | — | Feb 2026 |
| 5 | GPT-5 HighAPI | text | AA71.7 | — | Aug 2025 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 HighAPI | text | AA70.2 | — | Oct 2025 |
| 7 | OpenAI o4-miniAPI | text | AA70.0 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 8 | OpenAI o3API | text | BB69.6 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 9 | GPT-Image-2.6 SunburstAPI | image | BB69.3 | — | Nov 2026 |
| 10 | GPT-5.2API | text | BB69.3 | — | Dec 2025 |
| 11 | GPT-6 LunaAPI | text | BB68.4 | — | Sep 2026 |
| 12 | GPT-5.2 HighAPI | text | BB68.4 | — | Dec 2025 |
| 13 | text-embedding-3-smallAPI | embedding | BB68.1 | — | Jan 2024 |
| 14 | GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstAPI | image | BB67.8 | — | Sep 2026 |
| 15 | GPT-Image-2.5 FlareAPI | image | BB66.6 | — | Sep 2026 |
| 16 | GPT-5.4 HighAPI | text | BB66.5 | — | Mar 2026 |
| 17 | GPT-5.4API | text | BB66.2 | — | Mar 2026 |
| 18 | GPT-5.6 LunaAPI | text | BB65.9 | — | Jul 2026 |
| 19 | GPT-4.1 MiniAPI | text | BB65.5 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 20 | gpt-image-1API | image | BB65.1 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 21 | OpenAI o3-miniAPI | text | BB64.8 | — | Jan 2025 |
| 22 | OpenAI o1-miniAPI | text | BB64.5 | — | Sep 2024 |
| 23 | OpenAI o3-mini HighAPI | text | BB64.3 | — | Jan 2025 |
| 24 | OpenAI o1 PreviewAPI | text | BB64.1 | — | Sep 2024 |
| 25 | GPT-5 Mini HighAPI | text | BB64.1 | — | Aug 2025 |
| 26 | text-embedding-3-largeAPI | embedding | BB63.5 | — | Jan 2024 |
| 27 | GPT-5 Nano HighAPI | text | BB63.4 | — | Aug 2025 |
| 28 | GPT-5.5API | text | BB62.4 | — | Apr 2026 |
| 29 | ChatGPT-4o Latest (2025-03-26)API | text | BB62.4 | — | Mar 2025 |
| 30 | GPT-5.6 SolAPI | text | BB62.0 | — | Jul 2026 |
| 31 | GPT-5.4 Nano HighAPI | text | BB62.0 | — | Mar 2026 |
| 32 | GPT-5.6 TerraAPI | text | BB61.6 | — | Jul 2026 |
| 33 | GPT-4.1API | text | BB59.8 | — | Apr 2025 |
| 34 | GPT-6 SolAPI | text | BB59.6 | — | Sep 2026 |
| 35 | GPT-5.4 Mini HighAPI | text | BB59.4 | — | Mar 2026 |
| 36 | Sora 2API | video | BB58.6 | — | Sep 2025 |
| 37 | GPT-5 ChatAPI | text | BB58.6 | — | Aug 2025 |
| 38 | OpenAI TTS-1-HDAPI | audio | BB57.3 | — | Nov 2023 |
| 39 | GPT-5.2 Chat LatestAPI | text | BB57.0 | — | Dec 2025 |
| 40 | OpenAI o1API | text | BB56.7 | — | Dec 2024 |
| 41 | GPT-6.1 TerraAPI | text | BB55.8 | — | Oct 2026 |
| 42 | GPT-4.5 PreviewAPI | text | BB55.0 | — | Feb 2025 |
| 43 | GPT-4oAPI | text | CC54.7 | — | May 2024 |
| 44 | GPT-6.1 SolAPI | text | CC51.2 | — | Sep 2026 |
| 45 | OpenAI Whisper APIAPI | audio | CC50.4 | — | Mar 2023 |
| 46 | Images 2.6API | image | CC46.8 | — | Nov 2026 |
| 47 | DALL·E 3API | image | DD27.3 | — | Oct 2023 |
Each family is a model series. Browse all releases in a family with their own leaderboard.
OpenAI ships 47 models that we track. Of those, 0 are open weight and 47 are accessed through their API.
It depends on the model. See the open-weight section above for models you can run locally, and the API-only section for closed models priced per token.
By composite score, GPT Image 2 is currently the top OpenAI model in our directory. Composite score blends benchmarks, popularity, efficiency, and versatility.

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