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Release timeline
Stages observed by the nightly radar: announced → API only → weights public → served by third parties. Each entry carries the source it was seen at.
- 2026-01-19 · API only source seeded from the earliest dated observation when first seen · observed 2026-10-07 20:20 UTC
Description
The gpt-audio model is OpenAI's first generally available audio model. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency. Audio is priced...
via OpenRouter listing · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC. The listing text is the provider's own description, not an assessment.
Where to run 1 providers · 1 endpoints
Hosted endpoints observed for GPT Audio, sorted by input price (USD per million tokens). Each row names its observer and date; prices change daily, so check the source before quoting. Cheapest observed input price: $2.50/M.
| Provider | Model ref | Context | Quant | $/M in | $/M out | tok/s | TTFT | Tools | Status | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI openrouter | openai/gpt-audio | 125K | unknown | $2.50 | $10.00 | — | — | yes | live | 2026-10-24 |
No third-party providers observed beyond the lab's own endpoints.
Facts
| Context length | 128,000 tokens (125K) · OpenRouter listing |
|---|---|
| Modalities | text + audio → text + audio |
| Max completion tokens | 16,384 |
| Supported parameters | frequency_penalty, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p |
| Openness | Closed weights · closed lab |
| Stage | API only |
| Confidence | medium |
| Pricing (USD per M tokens) |
in $2.50 · out $10.00 OpenRouter list price (cheapest live endpoint) · source · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC |
Open alternatives 5
Nearest open-weights models by modality, context and price on this watch list. Not a quality ranking.
| Model | Org | Params | Context | $/M in | License | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct | meta-llama | 8.03B | — | — | llama3 | closest by rank, context and price |
| Llama-3.1-8B | meta-llama | 8.03B | — | — | llama3.1 | closest by rank, context and price |
| DeepSeek-R1 | deepseek-ai | 684B | 160K | $0.70 | mit | similar context (164K), cheaper input price ($0.7/M vs $2.5/M) |
| Qwen3-0.6B | Qwen | 752M | 40K | — | apache-2.0 | closest by rank, context and price |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | deepseek-ai | 32.8B | 128K | — | mit | similar context (131K) |
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Sources
- openrouter openai/gpt-audio · observed 2026-10-24 21:26 UTC
Radar run: 2026-10-25 06:51 UTC · Last verified 2026-10-25 06:51 UTC