OpenAI gpt-5-nano
OpenAI gpt-5-nano
Version: 2025-08-07
OpenAILast updated December 2025
gpt-5-nano is optimized for speed, ideal for applications requiring low latency.
Multipurpose
Multilingual
Multimodal

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Key capabilities

About this model

gpt-5-nano is a new class of reasoning model focuses on speed and efficiency with reasoning power for rich question and responses.

Key model capabilities

  • Supports ultra-fast, low-latency use cases
  • Now supporting minimal reasoning, a new verbosity setting, and the "customs" tool for raw text output.
  • New "allowed tools" tool choice that enables you to specify multiple tools in the tool choice instead of just one
  • New "preamble" support, allowing the model to "think" before calling a tool. This is always enabled and controlled through prompting.
  • gpt-5-nano supports multimodal inputs, real-time streaming and full tool support for smarter, more dynamic user experiences

Use cases

See Responsible AI for additional considerations for responsible use.

Key use cases

Optimized for speed, ideal for applications requiring low latency.

Out of scope use cases

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Pricing

Pricing is based on a number of factors, including deployment type and tokens used. See pricing details here.

Technical specs

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Training cut-off date

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Training time

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Input formats

gpt-5-nano supports multimodal inputs, real-time streaming and full tool support for smarter, more dynamic user experiences

Output formats

Now supporting minimal reasoning, a new verbosity setting, and the "customs" tool for raw text output.

Supported languages

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Sample JSON response

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Model architecture

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Long context

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Optimizing model performance

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Additional assets

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Training disclosure

Training, testing and validation

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Distribution

Distribution channels

This model is provided through the Azure OpenAI Service.

More information

The following documents are applicable: OpenAI has incorporated additional safety measures including new techniques to help the models refuse unsafe requests. These advancements make the gpt-5 series some of the most robust models available. OpenAI measures safety by testing how well models continue to follow its safety rules if a user tries to bypass them (known as "jailbreaking"). In OpenAI's internal tests, GPT-4o scored 22 (on a scale of 0-100) while o1-preview model scored 84. You can read more about this in the OpenAI's system card and research post .

Responsible AI considerations

Safety techniques

OpenAI has incorporated additional safety measures including new techniques to help the models refuse unsafe requests. These advancements make the gpt-5 series some of the most robust models available.

Safety evaluations

OpenAI measures safety by testing how well models continue to follow its safety rules if a user tries to bypass them (known as "jailbreaking"). In OpenAI's internal tests, GPT-4o scored 22 (on a scale of 0-100) while o1-preview model scored 84. You can read more about this in the OpenAI's system card and research post .

Known limitations

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Acceptable use

Acceptable use policy

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Quality and performance evaluations

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Benchmarking methodology

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Public data summary

Source: OpenAI OpenAI measures safety by testing how well models continue to follow its safety rules if a user tries to bypass them (known as "jailbreaking"). In OpenAI's internal tests, GPT-4o scored 22 (on a scale of 0-100) while o1-preview model scored 84. You can read more about this in the OpenAI's system card and research post .
Model Specifications
Context Length200000
Quality Index0.83
LicenseCustom
Training DataMay 2024
Last UpdatedDecember 2025
Input TypeText,Image
Output TypeText
ProviderOpenAI
Languages1 Language