OpenAI vs Groq API Pricing Comparison

openai

OpenAI

LLM
Quality Score95/100
Models139
Cheapest ModelFree
Most Expensive$150.00
groq

Groq

LLM
Quality Score78/100
Models36
Cheapest Model$0.040
Most Expensive$30.83

Summary

OpenAI offers 139 models, with prices starting at Free. Groq offers 36 models, with prices starting at $0.040. OpenAI has a higher quality score (95 vs 78).

OpenAI Models

ModelInput /1M tokensOutput /1M tokens
omni-moderationFree-
omni-moderation-2024-09-26Free-
omni-moderation-latest-intentsFree-
text-moderationFree-
text-moderation-007Free-
text-moderation-stableFree-
Whisper 1$0.0060-
TTS 1$0.015-
Embedding 3-small$0.020-
TTS 1-hd$0.030-
GPT-5-nano$0.050$0.400
GPT-5-nano-2025-08-07$0.050$0.400
DALL-E 3$0.080-
Embedding ada-002$0.100-
Embedding ada-002-v2$0.100-
GPT-4.1-nano$0.100$0.400
GPT-4.1-nano-2025-04-14$0.100$0.400
Embedding 3-large$0.130-
GPT-4o-mini$0.150$0.600
GPT-4o-mini-2024-07-18$0.150$0.600
GPT-4o-mini-audio Preview$0.150$0.600
GPT-4o-mini-audio-preview-2024-12-17$0.150$0.600
GPT-4o-mini-search Preview$0.150$0.600
GPT-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11$0.150$0.600
GPT-5.4-nano$0.200$1.25
GPT-5.1-codex-mini$0.250$2.00
GPT-5-mini$0.250$2.00
GPT-5-mini-2025-08-07$0.250$2.00
babbage-002$0.400$0.400
GPT-4.1-mini$0.400$1.60
GPT-4.1-mini-2025-04-14$0.400$1.60
GPT-3.5-turbo$0.500$1.50
GPT-4o-mini-realtime Preview$0.600$2.40
GPT-4o-mini-realtime-preview-2024-12-17$0.600$2.40
GPT-audio-mini$0.600$2.40
GPT-audio-mini-2025-10-06$0.600$2.40
GPT-audio-mini-2025-12-15$0.600$2.40
GPT-realtime-mini$0.600$2.40
GPT-realtime-mini-2025-10-06$0.600$2.40
GPT-realtime-mini-2025-12-15$0.600$2.40
GPT-5.4-mini$0.750$4.50
o1-mini$1.10$4.40
o3-mini$1.10$4.40
o3-mini-2025-01-31$1.10$4.40
o4-mini$1.10$4.40
o4-mini-2025-04-16$1.10$4.40
GPT-4o-mini-transcribe$1.25$5.00
GPT-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20$1.25$5.00
GPT-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-12-15$1.25$5.00
GPT-5$1.25$10.00
GPT-5.1$1.25$10.00
GPT-5.1-2025-11-13$1.25$10.00
GPT-5.1-chat$1.25$10.00
GPT-5.1-codex$1.25$10.00
GPT-5.1-codex-max$1.25$10.00
GPT-5-2025-08-07$1.25$10.00
GPT-5-chat$1.25$10.00
GPT-5 Chat$1.25$10.00
GPT-5-codex$1.25$10.00
GPT-5-search-api$1.25$10.00
GPT-5-search-api-2025-10-14$1.25$10.00
codex-mini$1.50$6.00
GPT-3.5-turbo Instruct$1.50$2.00
GPT-5.2$1.75$14.00
GPT-5.2-2025-12-11$1.75$14.00
GPT-5.2-chat$1.75$14.00
GPT-5.2-codex$1.75$14.00
GPT-5.3-chat$1.75$14.00
GPT-5.3-codex$1.75$14.00
davinci-002$2.00$2.00
GPT-4.1$2.00$8.00
GPT-4.1-2025-04-14$2.00$8.00
GPT-image-1-mini$2.00-
o3$2.00$8.00
o3-2025-04-16$2.00$8.00
o4-mini-deep-research$2.00$8.00
o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26$2.00$8.00
GPT-4o$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-2024-08-06$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-2024-11-20$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-audio Preview$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-audio-preview-2024-10-01$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-audio-preview-2025-06-03$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-mini-tts$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-search Preview$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-search-preview-2025-03-11$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-transcribe$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o-transcribe-diarize$2.50$10.00
GPT-5.4$2.50$15.00
GPT-5.4-2026-03-05$2.50$15.00
GPT-audio$2.50$10.00
GPT-audio-1.5$2.50$10.00
GPT-audio-2025-08-28$2.50$10.00
GPT-3.5-turbo-16k$3.00$4.00
o1-mini-2024-09-12$3.00$12.00
GPT-realtime$4.00$16.00
GPT-realtime-1.5$4.00$16.00
GPT-realtime-2025-08-28$4.00$16.00
GPT-4o-2024-05-13$5.00$15.00
GPT-4o-realtime Preview$5.00$20.00
GPT-4o-realtime-preview-2024-10-01$5.00$20.00
GPT-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17$5.00$20.00
GPT-4o-realtime-preview-2025-06-03$5.00$20.00
GPT-image-1$5.00-
GPT-image-1.5$5.00$10.00
GPT-image-1.5-2025-12-16$5.00$10.00
GPT-4-0125 Preview$10.00$30.00
GPT-4-1106 Preview$10.00$30.00
GPT-4-1106-vision Preview$10.00$30.00
GPT-4-turbo$10.00$30.00
GPT-4-turbo-2024-04-09$10.00$30.00
GPT-4-turbo Preview$10.00$30.00
GPT-4-vision Preview$10.00$30.00
o3-deep-research$10.00$40.00
o3-deep-research-2025-06-26$10.00$40.00
GPT-5-pro$15.00$120.00
GPT-5-pro-2025-10-06$15.00$120.00
o1$15.00$60.00
o1-2024-12-17$15.00$60.00
o1 Preview$15.00$60.00
o1-preview-2024-09-12$15.00$60.00
TTS$15.00-
o3-pro$20.00$80.00
o3-pro-2025-06-10$20.00$80.00
GPT-5.2-pro$21.00$168.00
GPT-5.2-pro-2025-12-11$21.00$168.00
GPT-4$30.00$60.00
GPT-5.4-pro$30.00$180.00
GPT-5.4-pro-2026-03-05$30.00$180.00
TTS HD$30.00-
GPT-4-32k$60.00$120.00
GPT-4.5 Preview$75.00$150.00
GPT-4.5-preview-2025-02-27$75.00$150.00
Whisper$100.00-
o1-pro$150.00$600.00
o1-pro-2025-03-19$150.00$600.00

Groq Models

ModelInput /1M tokensOutput /1M tokens
Llama 3.2 1B$0.040$0.040
gemma-7b-it$0.050$0.080
Llama 3.1-8b$0.050$0.080
Llama 3.1 8B$0.050$0.080
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k$0.050$0.080
playai-tts$0.050-
Llama 3.2 3B$0.060$0.060
GPT OSS 20B 128k$0.075$0.300
GPT OSS Safeguard 20B$0.075$0.300
openai/gpt-oss-20b$0.075$0.300
openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b$0.075$0.300
Llama 4-scout-17b-16e Instruct$0.110$0.340
Llama 4 Scout (17Bx16E)$0.110$0.340
GPT OSS 120B 128k$0.150$0.600
openai/gpt-oss-120b$0.150$0.600
Llama 3.2 11B Vision$0.180$0.180
Gemma 2 9B$0.200$0.200
Llama 4-maverick-17b-128e Instruct$0.200$0.600
Llama 4 Maverick (17Bx128E)$0.200$0.600
Llama guard-4-12b$0.200$0.200
Llama Guard 4 12B 128k$0.200$0.200
Mixtral 8x7B$0.240$0.240
Mixtral 8x7B$0.240$0.240
Qwen3 32B 131k$0.290$0.590
qwen/qwen3-32b$0.290$0.590
Llama 3.1 70B$0.590$0.790
Llama 3.1 70B$0.590$0.790
Llama 3.3-70b$0.590$0.790
Llama 3.3 70B$0.590$0.790
Llama 3.3 70B SpecDec$0.590$0.990
Llama 3.3 70B Versatile 128k$0.590$0.790
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B$0.750$0.990
Llama 3.2 90B Vision$0.900$0.900
Kimi K2-0905 1T 256k$1.00$3.00
Whisper large-v3-turbo$11.11-
Whisper large-v3$30.83-