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Updated Nov 2025

GPT-5 ProvsGPT-5.1

GPT-5.1 is cheaper than GPT-5 Pro at $1.25/M vs $15/M input tokens.

GPT-5 Pro and GPT-5.1 compared across 42 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5 ProGPT-5.1
Input price$15/M tokens$1.25/M tokens
Output price$120/M tokens$10/M tokens
Context window400K tokens400K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedOct 2025Nov 2025
SWE-bench Verified74.9%76.3%
Our Verdict
GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5.1
GPT-5.1

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Pick GPT-5 Pro for Reasoning. Pick GPT-5.1 for Web Design. GPT-5.1 costs 12x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-5 Pro
Input
$15.00
Output
$120.00
GPT-5.1
Input
$1.25
12× cheaper
Output
$10.00
12× cheaper

GPT-5.1 is cheaper on both: 12× input, 12× output.

Where to run it

3 hosts

GPT-5 Pro1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
OpenAI$15.00 in·$120.00 out·400k·100% up
GPT-5.12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$1.25 in·$10.00 out·400k·99.9% upOpenAI$1.25 in·$10.00 out·400k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 8 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
66%

GPT-5.1 uses 349.6x more bold

GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5.1
65%Vocabulary62%
15wSentence Length19w
0.32Hedging0.29
0.0Bold3.5
2.9Lists7.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings0.61
0.01Transitions0.03
Based on 11 + 14 text responses
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