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OpenAI Model Catalog
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Overview

Complete reference of all models available via the OpenAI API, organized by capability family. Useful when selecting the right model for a task or comparing cost/speed tradeoffs.


Flagship / Latest GPT-5 Series

Model Description
GPT-5.3 Chat (gpt-5.3-chat-latest) Instant model used in ChatGPT
GPT-5.2 (gpt-5.2) Previous frontier model for professional work, configurable reasoning effort
GPT-5.2 Pro (gpt-5.2-pro) Pro variant — smarter, more precise
GPT-5.2 Chat (gpt-5.2-chat-latest) GPT-5.2 used in ChatGPT
GPT-5.1 (gpt-5.1) Best model for coding and agentic tasks, configurable reasoning effort
GPT-5.1 Chat (gpt-5.1-chat-latest) GPT-5.1 used in ChatGPT
GPT-5 Chat (gpt-5-chat-latest) GPT-5 used in ChatGPT

Reasoning (o-series)

Model Description Status
o3 Complex tasks, succeeded by GPT-5 Current
o4-mini Fast, cost-efficient reasoning, succeeded by GPT-5 mini Current
o3-mini Small alternative to o3 Current
o1 Previous full o-series reasoning model Legacy
o1-mini Small alternative to o1 Deprecated
o1-preview Preview of first o-series model Deprecated

GPT-4 / GPT-4o Family

Model Description Status
GPT-4o Fast, intelligent, flexible Current
gpt-4o-mini Fast, affordable, focused tasks Current
gpt-4.1-mini Smaller, faster GPT-4.1 Current
gpt-4.1-nano Fastest, most cost-efficient GPT-4.1 Current
gpt-4.5-preview Large model Deprecated
gpt-4-turbo Older high-intelligence model Legacy
gpt-4-turbo-preview Older fast model Deprecated
GPT-4 Older high-intelligence model Legacy
chatgpt-4o-latest GPT-4o used in ChatGPT Deprecated

Realtime & Audio

Model Description
gpt-realtime-1.5 Best voice model — audio in, audio out
gpt-realtime Realtime text and audio I/O
gpt-realtime-mini Cost-efficient realtime
gpt-audio-1.5 Best voice model with Chat Completions API
gpt-audio Audio I/O via Chat Completions
gpt-audio-mini Cost-efficient audio
gpt-4o-audio-preview GPT-4o audio I/O
gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview Smaller audio I/O
gpt-4o-realtime-preview GPT-4o realtime text + audio
gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview Smaller realtime model

Transcription & TTS

Model Description
gpt-4o-transcribe Speech-to-text (GPT-4o powered)
gpt-4o-mini-transcribe Speech-to-text (GPT-4o mini)
gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize Transcription with speaker identification
gpt-4o-mini-tts Text-to-speech (GPT-4o mini)
TTS-1 Text-to-speech, optimized for speed
TTS-1 HD Text-to-speech, optimized for quality
Whisper General-purpose speech recognition

Search Models

Model Description
gpt-4o-search-preview GPT-4o with web search (Chat Completions)
gpt-4o-mini-search-preview Fast, affordable web search

Specialized

Model Description
computer-use-preview Specialized for computer-use tool

Embedding Models

Model Description Status
text-embedding-3-large Most capable embedding model Current
text-embedding-3-small Smaller, fast embedding model Current
text-embedding-ada-002 Older embedding model Legacy

Moderation Models

Model Description Status
omni-moderation-latest Text + image harmful content detection Current
text-moderation-latest Text-only moderation Deprecated
text-moderation-stable Text-only moderation stable Deprecated

Legacy / Deprecated Base Models

Model Notes
gpt-3.5-turbo Legacy chat + non-chat
babbage-002 Replacement for GPT-3 ada/babbage base
davinci-002 Replacement for GPT-3 curie/davinci base

Key Takeaways

  • GPT-5.x is the current frontier series; GPT-5.1 is best for coding/agentic work
  • o-series (o3, o4-mini) are reasoning models for complex tasks — succeeded by GPT-5
  • Realtime/Audio has its own dedicated model family separate from Chat Completions
  • Diarization (speaker identification) is a distinct model: gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize
  • Embedding: prefer text-embedding-3-large for accuracy, text-embedding-3-small for cost
  • Moderation: use omni-moderation-latest — handles both text and images
  • computer-use-preview is the specialized model for agentic computer control
  • Many older models (o1-mini, gpt-4.5-preview, chatgpt-4o-latest) are now deprecated — avoid in new projects


Sources

  • OpenAI API Docs: All Models page (clipped 2026-04-17)
  • Raw source: raw/All models OpenAI API.md