GPT-4o

OpenAI · GPT line · flagship

Released May 13, 2024Replaced by o1

GPT-4o was released by OpenAI on May 13, 2024, as a flagship model in the GPT line.

  • Release 5 of 17 in the GPT line.
  • Came 189 days after GPT-4 Turbo, released Nov 6, 2023.
  • Replaced by o1 on September 12, 2024, 122 days later.
  • These days the line ships a new model about every 75 days.

What changed

GPT-4o handles text, audio and images in one model, answers speech in 320 milliseconds on average (GPT-4 Voice Mode took 5.4 seconds) and costs half as much as GPT-4 Turbo in the API.

Compared with GPT-4 Turbo · the model it replaces

Answers spoken questions in about a third of a second

Voice response time — average delay before it answers spoken input

320 ms

▲ down from 5.4 seconds in GPT-4 Voice Mode

Costs half as much as GPT-4 Turbo

Price per 1M tokens — what developers pay, input / output

$5 / $15

▲ down from $10 / $30 · 50% cheaper

Sources: OpenAI · OpenAI

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Where the GPT line stands

GPT-6.1 Sol is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

GPT

OpenAI · flagship line

Latest: GPT-6.1 Sol · Sep 29, 2026

Just released25 days since the last release · usual gap 75 days

One week after GPT-6 Sol, it scores 7 points higher on computer-use tasks and 4 points higher on the all-round intelligence index at the same $2 / $10 price.

What changed in GPT-6.1 Sol →
Days since last release
25
days
Usual gap
75
days
Recent gaps
GPT-6.1 Sol · Sep 2026
7
GPT-6 Sol · Sep 2026
75
GPT-5.6 Sol · Jul 2026
77
GPT-5.5 · Apr 2026
49

Every GPT release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Sep 29, 2026GPT-6.1 Sol
  2. Sep 22, 2026GPT-6 Sol
  3. Jul 9, 2026GPT-5.6 Sol
  4. Apr 23, 2026GPT-5.5
  5. Mar 5, 2026GPT-5.4
  6. Dec 11, 2025GPT-5.2
  7. Nov 12, 2025GPT-5.1
  8. Aug 7, 2025GPT-5
  9. Apr 16, 2025o3
  10. Apr 14, 2025GPT-4.1
  11. Feb 27, 2025GPT-4.5
  12. Sep 12, 2024o1
  13. May 13, 2024GPT-4o · this page
  14. Nov 6, 2023GPT-4 Turbo
  15. Mar 14, 2023GPT-4
  16. Nov 30, 2022GPT-3.5
  17. Nov 18, 2021GPT-3