Model profile
openai

OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) is a mid-range multimodal generalist from openai with a heavy runtime profile, extended context posture, and the clearest fit around long-context research / multimodal.

Best for: Long-context research / MultimodalHeavy latencyExtended contextMid-range pricing
Intelligence
N/A

Benchmark blend

Coding
N/A

Dev workflow signal

Context
128K Tokens

Extended

Input Price
$2.50

Mid-range tier

Decision snapshot
52

OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) currently reads as a mid-range multimodal option with extended context and a heavy runtime profile.

Overall profile
Use-case specific
Best for
Long-context research / Multimodal
Latency tier
Heavy
Price tier
Mid-range
Source coverage
OpenRouterVision signal

Decision Strip

Decision rail before the raw tables

Core buy-side signals stay in one pass. The rest of the page expands only after intelligence, speed, context, and price are clear.

Intelligence
N/A
44

General reasoning and benchmark headroom.

Situational
Speed
N/A
46

Latency data is partial.

Situational
Context
128K Tokens
76

How much prompt and task state can stay in view.

Competitive
Price
$2.50
62

$10.00 output / 1M

Competitive

Editorial Profile

OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) in one narrative

Positioning, tradeoffs, and fit are consolidated into one read instead of repeating the same story across separate cards.

Use-case specificCoding score 40Math score 36Vision enabled

The 2024-11-20 version of GPT-4o offers a leveled-up creative writing ability with more natural, engaging, and tailored writing to improve relevance & readability. It’s also better at working with uploaded files, providing deeper insights & more thorough responses. GPT-4o ("o" for "omni") is OpenAI's latest AI model, supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. It maintains the intelligence level of [GPT-4 Turbo](/models/openai/gpt-4-turbo) while being twice as fast and 50% more cost-effective. GPT-4o also offers improved performance in processing non-English languages and enhanced visual capabilities.

Identity

openai multimodal profile

Positioning

Long-context research / Multimodal with extended context and heavy runtime.

Cost posture

Balanced spend profile. Easier to justify in mixed production and exploration workloads.

Strengths
  • Large context headroom supports repo-wide prompts and long research sessions.

  • Vision-capable routing opens up multimodal review and extraction workflows.

Tradeoffs
  • Costs look manageable, but still deserve attention in always-on agents or batch jobs.

  • Latency profile is better for deliberate runs than rapid back-and-forth chat.

Best fit
  • Image-grounded review, multimodal extraction, and UI audit workflows.

  • Long-context summarization, repo analysis, and policy or document review.

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Benchmarks

Grouped by job-to-be-done

Only benchmark categories with actual signal are shown. Secondary values stay as simple definitions instead of nested micro-cards.

No benchmark data is available for this model yet.

Specs & Pricing

Technical snapshot and cost posture

Specs stay neutral, pricing gets emphasis through values rather than extra containers. Raw provider internals remain in metadata at the end.

Technical snapshot
Context Window
128K Tokens
Vision
Enabled
Modalities
text, image, file->text, file
Tokenizer
GPT
Max Completion
16384
Moderation
Yes
Supported Parameters
frequency_penaltylogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokenspresence_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_logprobstop_pweb_search_options
Input Modalities
textimagefile
Output Modalities
text
Price architecture
Input
per 1M input tokens
$2.50
Output
per 1M output tokens
$10.00
Blended
AA 3:1 mix
N/A

This model sits in a balanced spend range. It is easier to justify across both production and exploratory workflows.

OR Cache Read
$0.00

Metadata

Raw source tables at the end

Verification details remain available, but the page no longer forces them ahead of the editorial read.