OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5, its most advanced language model, on August 7, 2025, pushing AI boundaries with superior reasoning, multimodal functions, and widespread applications, driving OpenAI's user base to 700 million and revenue to $13 billion.
What is ChatGPT-5
ChatGPT-5 is OpenAI's latest AI model, integrating a smart, efficient system with a deep reasoning component, "GPT-5 thinking."
A real-time router optimizes queries based on complexity and user intent.
It excels in coding, math, writing, and health, with multimodal capabilities for images, charts, and diagrams, scoring 84.2% on MMMU.
How Does ChatGPT-5 Perform?
Coding and Development
ChatGPT-5 is the strongest coding model yet, scoring 74.9% on SWE-bench Verified and 88% on Aider Polyglot.
It creates apps like a "Jumping Ball Runner" from single prompts and debugs large repositories.
(Source: OpenAI)
Mathematics and Writing
It achieves 94.6% on AIME 2025 for math and crafts poems, reports, and emails with strong imagery, handling structural ambiguity effectively.
Health and Safety
Scoring 46.2% on HealthBench Hard, it aids health queries but doesn't replace professionals.
It reduces factual errors by 45% compared to GPT-4o, with 80% fewer hallucinations and deception rates down from 4.8% to 2.1%.
Cost & Accessibility
User Access Tiers
ChatGPT-5 is available to Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users, with Enterprise and Edu access rolling out by mid-August 2025.
Free users access ChatGPT-5 until usage limits, then switch to GPT-5 mini.
Subscription Pricing
- Plus users pay $20/month for higher usage caps.
- Pro users, at $200/month, get unlimited access to ChatGPT-5 and GPT-5 Pro.
- Team plans cost $25-$30/user/month.
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting OpenAI sales.
API Pricing for Developers
(Source: OpenAI)
API access includes GPT-5 at $1.25/1M input tokens and $10/1M output tokens, GPT-5 mini at $0.25/1M input and $2/1M output, and GPT-5 nano at $0.05/1M input and $0.40/1M output.
Discounts and Payment Options
Nonprofits receive 20-25% discounts on Team and Enterprise plans.
Payments for Plus and Team accept major credit cards; Enterprise offers invoicing.
Data is encrypted with TLS 1.2 in transit and AES-256 at rest.
How does ChatGPT-5 compare to other AI models?
| Model | Context Window | Intelligence | Price (USD/1M Tokens) | Output tokens/s | Latency |
| GPT-5 (high) |
400k
|
69
|
$3.44
|
126.2
|
72.35
|
| GPT-5 (medium) |
400k
|
68
|
$3.44
|
187.8
|
49.59
|
| Grok 4 |
256k
|
68
|
$6.00
|
47.8
|
9.44
|
| OpenAI o3 |
200k
|
70
|
$3.50
|
151.2
|
19.32
|
| Gemini 2.5 Pro |
1m
|
65
|
$3.44
|
143.6
|
38.01
|
| Qwen3 (Reasoning) |
256k
|
64
|
$2.63
|
64.8
|
1.25
|
| GPT-5 (low) |
400k
|
63
|
$3.44
|
146.1
|
19.06
|
| Claude 4 Sonnet Thinking |
200k
|
59
|
$6.00
|
59.3
|
0.93
|
| DeepSeek R1 0528 |
128k
|
59
|
$0.96
|
24.1
|
3.25
|
(Data source: Artificial Analysis)
Editor's Comments
ChatGPT-5 sets a new AI benchmark with its reasoning and multimodal prowess, impacting coding, education, and enterprise sectors.
Its safety measures, including 5,000 hours of red-teaming, address risks, but ethical concerns around data privacy persist.
Compared to other AI models, its broader capabilities shine, though future iterations may need to balance power with transparency.
FAQs
Is ChatGPT-5 available in all regions, including the EU?
ChatGPT-5 is accessible globally, including the EU, for Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users. Enterprise and Edu access will roll out by mid-August 2025, subject to regional regulations.
How many free messages do Free tier users get, and how does it compare to Plus?
Free users get 10 ChatGPT-5 messages every 5 hours and 1 GPT-5 Thinking message daily, then switch to GPT-5 mini.
Plus users ($20/month) get 80 messages every 3 hours and 200 GPT-5 Thinking messages weekly, switching to GPT-5 mini after limits.
How significant is ChatGPT-5 for non-developers?
For non-developers, ChatGPT-5 is a major leap, making tasks like writing, math problem-solving, and understanding images or charts easier and more accurate. It's like having a smarter, more versatile assistant compared to earlier models.
Which older models will OpenAI retire?
At ChatGPT-5's launch, OpenAI retires GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.5, GPT-4.1-mini, o4-mini, o4-mini-high, o3, and o3-pro.
Old chats using these models switch to GPT-5, GPT-5 Thinking (for o3), or GPT-5 Pro (for o3-pro, Pro/Team only).
Is OpenAI immediately retiring GPT-4o?
No, GPT-4o is not immediately retired but is deprecated with ChatGPT-5's launch on August 7, 2025.
Free and Plus users switch to GPT-5 equivalents instantly, while Pro and Enterprise users retain temporary access to GPT-4o via settings.
When will ChatGPT-5 be available, and why can't some users access it?
ChatGPT-5 launched on August 7, 2025, for Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users. If unavailable, it may be due to regional rollout delays, usage limits, or account-specific issues. Check OpenAI's status page or contact support.
Has ChatGPT-5 achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI)?
ChatGPT-5 is a significant advancement but does not represent AGI.
It excels in reasoning, coding, and multimodal tasks, yet true AGI—matching human cognitive flexibility across all domains—remains a future goal.
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