GPT-4o Audio

deprecatedproprietary

Status: Shut down · Succeeded by gpt-audio-1.5

Intelligence
Speed
Context
128K
Max output
16K
Input price
$2.5/1M tokens
Output price
$10/1M tokens
Snapshots

Capabilities

Reasoning & Interaction
Tool Calling
Infrastructure
Streaming

Details

Model IDgpt-4o-audio-preview
Provider OpenAI
Creator openai
Familygpt-4o
Licenseproprietary
Statusdeprecated
Typechat
Input modalitiestext, audio
Output modalitiestext, audio
Open weightNo
Parameters—
Architecture—
Context window128K tokens
Max input—
Max output16K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff
Release date
Deprecation date
Retirement date
Successorgpt-audio-1.5
Sourceofficial

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Endpoints

Chat CompletionsPOST
Generate chat responses with messageshttps://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions

Pricing

Text tokensPer 1M tokens
InputOutput
Standard$2.5$10
Audio tokensPer 1M tokens
InputOutput
Standard$40$80

Family Comparison: gpt-4o

ModelContextMax outPricing
GPT-4o Mini Audio128K16K$0.15$0.6
GPT-4o Mini Search Preview128K16K$0.15$0.6
GPT-4o Mini128K16K$0.15$0.6
GPT-4o Mini Realtime16K4K$0.6$2.4
GPT-4o Mini TTS——$0.6—
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe16K2K$1.25$5
GPT-4o Audio128K16K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Search Preview128K16K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize16K2K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Transcribe16K2K$2.5$10
GPT-4o128K16K$2.5$10
GPT-4o Realtime32K4K$5$20

API

GET/v1/models/openai/gpt-4o-audio-preview
Changes · 13 entries
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdateca7a400Nov 2, 2026, 03:02 AM
descriptionThis is a preview release of the GPT-4o Audio models. The...→Status: Shut down
statusactive→deprecated
pricingtiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...→[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
page_urlhttps://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audi...→https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audi...
release_date2025-06-03→2024-10-01
deprecation_date2025-06-10
retirement_date2025-10-10
successorgpt-audio-1.5
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdate2f25bc2Oct 29, 2026, 06:34 AM
release_date2025-06-03→2024-10-01
deprecation_date2026-07-20→2025-06-10
retirement_date2027-01-20→2025-10-10
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdateb2f45bfOct 29, 2026, 03:29 AM
descriptionThis is a preview release of the GPT-4o Audio models. The...→Status: Shut down
deprecation_date2025-09-15→2026-07-20
retirement_date2026-05-07→2027-01-20
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdate118451aSep 24, 2026, 07:08 AM
descriptionThis is a preview release of the GPT-4o Audio models. The...→This is a preview release of the GPT-4o Audio models. The...
pricingtiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...→[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
deprecation_date2025-09-15
retirement_date2026-05-07
successorgpt-audio-1.5
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdatee3d7dedAug 31, 2026, 04:13 AM
statusactive→deprecated
page_urlhttps://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audi...→https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audi...
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdatee8ec634Mar 24, 2026, 07:27 PM
knowledge_cutoff2023-09→2023-10
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdatef43e286Mar 24, 2026, 04:45 AM
capabilitiesvisionnostructured outputnojson modenofine tuningnoreasoningno
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdate1cd659eMar 24, 2026, 04:19 AM
knowledge_cutoff2023-10→2023-09
page_urlhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview→https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audi...
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdateb301ebeMar 23, 2026, 11:47 PM
knowledge_cutoff2023-09→2023-10
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdate2b100acMar 23, 2026, 05:30 AM
licenseproprietary
page_urlhttps://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview
open_weightno
tools["function_calling"]
release_date2025-06-03
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdateb50649fMar 21, 2026, 11:58 PM
namegpt-4o-audio-preview→GPT-4o Audio
pricingcached input$1.25batch input$1.25batch output$5tiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
capabilitiesstructured outputyesstreamingyes
snapshots["gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-10-01","gpt-4o-audio-preview-...→["gpt-4o-audio-preview-2025-06-03","gpt-4o-audio-preview-...
knowledge_cutoff2023-09
taglineGPT-4o models capable of audio inputs and outputs
endpoints["chat_completions"]
gpt-4o-audio-previewupdatec9a70c5Mar 21, 2026, 08:12 AM
pricingcached input$1.25batch input$1.25batch output$5
gpt-4o-audio-previewcreate7f5c66fMar 21, 2026, 05:16 AM