AI Legal Contract Review Pricing: GPT-5.4 Thinking (Tier 1)

Complete Analysis: 30,000 tokens for GPT-5.4 Thinking
⚡ 30% Cached

Complete analysis of pricing, performance, and use cases for OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Thinking model with 30% Cached.

⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API
$0.060313 Total Cost
30,000 Total Tokens
1 minute, 20.00 seconds Processing Time
374 Effective Tokens/Sec

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GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAIMax Context: 1,024,000 tokens
$2.5 / $15 per 1M tokens (Standard)
State-dependent pricing active. Current tier: Standard
Use Batch API (50% discount)
30%
Provider-specific multipliers applied after all calculations
Enable for cache discounts
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Number of requests (max 1M). Summary view auto-enabled >10k.

Calculate Token Costs

$0.021875 Input Cost
$0.037500 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
30,000Total Tokens
$0.002010Cost per 1K
497,409Tokens per $
🔄 Cliff Pricing Active: Using Standard pricing (standard) based on token volume.
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

1m 20s Processing Time
400 Tokens/Second
220ms Time to First Token
374 Effective Speed

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🔄 Advanced Options

⚡ Optimization
Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after

🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Apply 1.5x multiplier to output tokens (GPT-5.4, Claude 4.6)
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)

🔧 Special Modes
Enable 4x Tunnel Multiplier (applied after markup)
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier

📚 Research & Citations
Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
Enable research tier pricing
Fee per source cited

🎤 Realtime Audio & Video
Session length for billing

GPT-5.4 Thinking OpenAI 1024000

$0.060313
Total Cost
⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
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Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.068750 (rounded ~ 0.07) Input: $0.031250 (rounded ~ 0.03)
Output: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
Optimized Cost $0.060313 Input: $0.031250 (rounded ~ 0.03)
Output: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.008438 (rounded ~ 0.01) 12.3% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount
📊 Cliff Pricing
Standard
standard pricing (threshold: 272,000)

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 25,000 input tokens and 5,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.031250 (rounded ~ 0.03)
  • Output Cost: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
  • Total Cost: $0.060313
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.002010 (rounded ~ 0.00)
  • Tokens per dollar: 497,409 tokens
  • Context Window: 1024000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 400 tokens per second and 220ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 1 minute, 20.00 seconds
  • Latency: 220 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 400 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 374 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Complex reasoning for clause extraction and legal due diligence.

✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

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📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 25,000
Output Tokens: 5,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 30%
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs GPT-5.4 Thinking
🏆 Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI
$0.000831 Best Value ↓ 98.6% cheaper
🥈 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
$0.001913 (rounded ~ 0.00) ↓ 96.8% cheaper
🥉 o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI
$0.009563 ↓ 84.1% cheaper
#4 o4-mini
OpenAI
$0.010519 ↓ 82.6% cheaper
#5 Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
$0.016625 (rounded ~ 0.02) ↓ 72.4% cheaper
#6 GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI
$0.025484 (rounded ~ 0.03) ↓ 57.7% cheaper
#7 Grok 5
xAI
$0.032438 (rounded ~ 0.03) ↓ 46.2% cheaper
#8 Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
$0.048250 (rounded ~ 0.05) ↓ 20% cheaper
#9 Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
$0.064313 (rounded ~ 0.06) ↑ 6.6% more
#10 o3 Deep Research
OpenAI
$0.095625 (rounded ~ 0.10) ↑ 58.5% more
#11 Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
$0.107188 (rounded ~ 0.11) ↑ 77.7% more
#12 o3 Pro
OpenAI
$0.191250 (rounded ~ 0.19) ↑ 217.1% more
#13 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
$0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31) ↑ 407% more
#14 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
$0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31) ↑ 407% more
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Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.000831
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 98.6%
🥈

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.001913 (rounded ~ 0.00)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 96.8%
🥉

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.009563
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 84.1%
#4

o4-mini
OpenAI

$0.010519
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 82.6%
#5

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.016625 (rounded ~ 0.02)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 72.4%
#6

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$0.025484 (rounded ~ 0.03)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 57.7%
#7

Grok 5
xAI

$0.032438 (rounded ~ 0.03)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 46.2%
#8

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$0.048250 (rounded ~ 0.05)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 20%
#9

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$0.064313 (rounded ~ 0.06)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 6.6%
#10

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.095625 (rounded ~ 0.10)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 58.5%
#11

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$0.107188 (rounded ~ 0.11)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 77.7%
#12

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.191250 (rounded ~ 0.19)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 217.1%
#13

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 407%
#14

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31)
vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 407%
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