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Models · OpenAI · Out sinceReleased 13 Nov 2025

GPT-5.1

Available on OpenRouterOn OpenRouterAvailable nowGenerally availableClosed (can't be downloaded)Proprietary

GPT-5.1 is made by OpenAI. We don't have enough test results yet to rank it. It's mid-priced to use.

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Writing & creativity
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Research & analysis
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Coding
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Price
Mid-priced$1.25 / $10
Price per 1M (blended)Blended / 1M
$3.44
MemoryContext
400K
Longest answerMax output
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Test resultsResults
5 (5 independent5 indep.)
Out sinceReleased
13 Nov 2025
Made byVendor
OpenAI
UnderstandsInputs
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Scores are out of 100 for each area, compared with every model we track; “#” is its rank. Context is how much text it can read at once (1M is roughly 700,000 words). Blended price mixes the cost of what you send and what it writes back.

Thinking levels

Reasoning settings

You can't choose how long this one thinks.

No adjustable reasoning setting listed.

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On OpenRouter

OpenRouter is a service that gives access to many AI models in one place. This model is listed there as openai/gpt-5.1.

Route it as openai/gpt-5.1 at $1.25 in / $10 out per 1M tokens, 400K context. Listed since 13 Nov 2025.

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LegalBench (Vals)85.7%Highreasoning_effort=highIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗29 Sep 2026—vals id openai/gpt-5.1-2025-11-13; rank 18/149; ±0.397 stderr; $0.004796/test
LiveCodeBench86.5%Highreasoning_effort=highIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗1 Sep 2026—±0.983 stderr; $0.126/test
LMArena Search Arena1199Defaultgpt-5.1-searchIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗24 Aug 2026—rank 14 (rank range 10-18); 95% CI 1194.2-1204.7; 59909 votes
PRBench Finance (Scale)48.0%Defaultgpt-5.1-thinkingIndependent testIndependentScale AI (SEAL) ↗11 Dec 2025—Scale rank 11; ±0.09 CI
PRBench Legal (Scale)49.3%Defaultgpt-5.1-thinkingIndependent testIndependentScale AI (SEAL) ↗11 Dec 2025—Scale rank 8; ±0.38 CI