What are cached tokens and how do they save money?

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When should I use Batch API vs real-time API?

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What should I consider when comparing different AI models?

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Legal Reasoning & Logic: GPT-5.4 Thinking vs o3 Pro (Scenario 5)

Name: o3 Pro
Brand: OpenAI
Price: 0.43 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (89 reviews)

GPT-5.4 Thinking vs o3 Pro

Complete Comparison: 50,000 input tokens × 12,500 output tokens

⚡ 30% Cached

Complete comparison of pricing, performance, and capabilities for 2 leading AI models with 30% Cached.

⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API

Comparison Criteria	GPT-5.4 Thinking OpenAI	o3 Pro OpenAI
Calculation Results (Current Inputs) (30% cached)
Input Tokens	50,000	50,000
Output Tokens	12,500	12,500
Cost Breakdown
Input Cost	$0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)Best	$0.250000Worst
Output Cost	$0.093750 (rounded ~ $0.09)Best	$0.250000Worst
Unit Cost (Audio/OCR)	$0.000000	$0.000000
Service Fees	$0.000000	$0.000000
Total Cost	$0.139375 Best Value	$0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43) Most Expensive
Processing Time	2 minutes, 47.37 seconds Fastest	3 minutes, 11.25 seconds Slowest
Tokens per Second	400Fastest	350Slowest
Time to First Token	220ms Best	300ms Worst
Cost per 1K tokens	$0.002230Best	$0.006920 (rounded ~ $0.01)Worst
Tokens per Dollar	448,430Best Value	144,509Worst Value
Cost per 1 Million Tokens (Informational)
Input Cost / 1M (Base)	$1.250000Best	$5.000000Worst
Output Cost / 1M (Base)	$7.500000Best	$20.000000Worst
Input Cost / 1M (Optimized)	$0.625000 (rounded ~ $0.63)Best Optimizations: 50.0% batch	$2.500000Worst Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Output Cost / 1M (Optimized)	$3.750000Best Optimizations: 50.0% batch	$10.000000Worst Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Capabilities & Advanced Features
Images Support	✓ Supported	✓ Supported
Caching Support 30	✓ Supported	✓ Supported
Batch API Support	✓ Supported	✓ Supported
Tool Usage Support	✓ Supported	✓ Supported

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GPT-5.4 Thinking OpenAI 1024000

$0.139375

Total Cost

⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools

👁️

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) $0.156250 (rounded ~ $0.16) Input: $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Output: $0.093750 (rounded ~ $0.09)

Optimized Cost $0.139375 Input: $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Output: $0.093750 (rounded ~ $0.09)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000

Total Savings $0.016875 (rounded ~ $0.02) 10.8% 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 50,000 input tokens and 12,500 output tokens:

Input Cost: $0.062500 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Output Cost: $0.093750 (rounded ~ $0.09)
Total Cost: $0.139375
Cost per 1K tokens: $0.002230
Tokens per dollar: 448,430 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: 2 minutes, 47.37 seconds
Latency: 220 milliseconds to first token
Base Throughput: 400 tokens/second
Effective Throughput: 374 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Complex clause analysis and litigation planning.

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o3 Pro OpenAI

$0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43)

Total Cost

⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools

👁️

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) $0.500000 Input: $0.250000
Output: $0.250000

Optimized Cost $0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43) Input: $0.250000
Output: $0.250000
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000

Total Savings $0.067500 (rounded ~ $0.07) 13.5% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API

50.0% off

Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 50,000 input tokens and 12,500 output tokens:

Input Cost: $0.250000
Output Cost: $0.250000
Total Cost: $0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43)
Cost per 1K tokens: $0.006920 (rounded ~ $0.01)
Tokens per dollar: 144,509 tokens
Context Window: 200000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 350 tokens per second and 300ms time to first token:

Processing Time: 3 minutes, 11.25 seconds
Latency: 300 milliseconds to first token
Base Throughput: 350 tokens/second
Effective Throughput: 327 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Complex clause analysis and litigation planning.

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✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

← Back to GPT-5.4 Thinking

📋 Active Input Parameters

Input Tokens: 50,000

Output Tokens: 12,500

Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)

Cached Tokens: 30%

Tools: Enabled

Rank	AI Model & Provider	Total Cost	vs GPT-5.4 Thinking	vs o3 Pro
🏆	Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI	$0.001850 Best Value	↓ 98.7% cheaper	↓ 99.6% cheaper
🥈	Grok Code Fast 1 xAI	$0.006513 (rounded ~ $0.01)	↓ 95.3% cheaper	↓ 98.5% cheaper
🥉	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google	$0.006969 (rounded ~ $0.01)	↓ 95% cheaper	↓ 98.4% cheaper
#4	Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI	$0.009250	↓ 93.4% cheaper	↓ 97.9% cheaper
#5	Gemini 2.5 Flash Google	$0.010550	↓ 92.4% cheaper	↓ 97.6% cheaper
#6	Grok 4.3 xAI	$0.019219	↓ 86.2% cheaper	↓ 95.6% cheaper
#7	GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI	$0.020906	↓ 85% cheaper	↓ 95.2% cheaper
#8	o4-mini Deep Research OpenAI	$0.021625 (rounded ~ $0.02)	↓ 84.5% cheaper	↓ 95% cheaper
#9	o4-mini OpenAI	$0.023788 (rounded ~ $0.02)	↓ 82.9% cheaper	↓ 94.5% cheaper
#10	Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic	$0.024750 (rounded ~ $0.02)	↓ 82.2% cheaper	↓ 94.3% cheaper
#11	Gemini 3.1 Flash Google	$0.027875 (rounded ~ $0.03)	↓ 80% cheaper	↓ 93.6% cheaper
#12	Grok 4.20 Beta xAI	$0.037000 (rounded ~ $0.04)	↓ 73.5% cheaper	↓ 91.4% cheaper
#13	Gemini 3.5 Flash Google	$0.041813 (rounded ~ $0.04)	↓ 70% cheaper	↓ 90.3% cheaper
#14	GPT-5.3 Codex Spark OpenAI	$0.059719	↓ 57.2% cheaper	↓ 86.2% cheaper
#15	GPT-5.3 Instant OpenAI	$0.059719	↓ 57.2% cheaper	↓ 86.2% cheaper
#16	Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic	$0.074250 (rounded ~ $0.07)	↓ 46.7% cheaper	↓ 82.8% cheaper
#17	Gemini 2.5 Pro Google	$0.085313 (rounded ~ $0.09)	↓ 38.8% cheaper	↓ 80.3% cheaper
#18	Gemini 3.1 Pro Google	$0.111500 (rounded ~ $0.11)	↓ 20% cheaper	↓ 74.2% cheaper
#19	Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic	$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)	↓ 11.2% cheaper	↓ 71.4% cheaper
#20	Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic	$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)	↓ 11.2% cheaper	↓ 71.4% cheaper
#21	Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic	$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)	↓ 11.2% cheaper	↓ 71.4% cheaper
#22	GPT-5.4 OpenAI	$0.139375	Same price	↓ 67.8% cheaper
#23	GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI	$0.139375	Same price	↓ 67.8% cheaper
#24	o3 Deep Research OpenAI	$0.216250 (rounded ~ $0.22)	↑ 55.2% more	↓ 50% cheaper
#25	GPT-5.5 OpenAI	$0.278750 (rounded ~ $0.28)	↑ 100% more	↓ 35.5% cheaper
#26	o3 Pro OpenAI	$0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43)	↑ 210.3% more	Same price
#27	GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI	$0.716625 (rounded ~ $0.72)	↑ 414.2% more	↑ 65.7% more
#28	GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI	$0.716625 (rounded ~ $0.72)	↑ 414.2% more	↑ 65.7% more

🏆

Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.001850

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 98.7%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 99.6%

🥈

Grok Code Fast 1
xAI

$0.006513 (rounded ~ $0.01)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 95.3%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 98.5%

🥉

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.006969 (rounded ~ $0.01)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 95%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 98.4%

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.009250

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 93.4%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 97.9%

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google

$0.010550

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 92.4%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 97.6%

Grok 4.3
xAI

$0.019219

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 86.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 95.6%

GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI

$0.020906

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 85%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 95.2%

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.021625 (rounded ~ $0.02)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 84.5%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 95%

o4-mini
OpenAI

$0.023788 (rounded ~ $0.02)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 82.9%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 94.5%

#10

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

$0.024750 (rounded ~ $0.02)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 82.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 94.3%

#11

Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google

$0.027875 (rounded ~ $0.03)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 80%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 93.6%

#12

Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI

$0.037000 (rounded ~ $0.04)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 73.5%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 91.4%

#13

Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google

$0.041813 (rounded ~ $0.04)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 70%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 90.3%

#14

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$0.059719

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 57.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 86.2%

#15

GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI

$0.059719

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 57.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 86.2%

#16

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$0.074250 (rounded ~ $0.07)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 46.7%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 82.8%

#17

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$0.085313 (rounded ~ $0.09)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 38.8%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 80.3%

#18

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$0.111500 (rounded ~ $0.11)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 20%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 74.2%

#19

Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic

$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 11.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 71.4%

#20

Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic

$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 11.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 71.4%

#21

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$0.123750 (rounded ~ $0.12)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↓ 11.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 71.4%

#22

GPT-5.4
OpenAI

$0.139375

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: Same

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 67.8%

#23

GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI

$0.139375

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: Same

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 67.8%

#24

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.216250 (rounded ~ $0.22)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 55.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 50%

#25

GPT-5.5
OpenAI

$0.278750 (rounded ~ $0.28)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 100%

vs o3 Pro: ↓ 35.5%

#26

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.432500 (rounded ~ $0.43)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 210.3%

vs o3 Pro: Same

#27

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.716625 (rounded ~ $0.72)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 414.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↑ 65.7%

#28

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.716625 (rounded ~ $0.72)

vs GPT-5.4 Thinking: ↑ 414.2%

vs o3 Pro: ↑ 65.7%

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Legal Reasoning & Logic: GPT-5.4 Thinking vs o3 Pro (Scenario 5)

🔄 Compare Different AI Models

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GPT-5.4 Thinking

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🎤 Realtime Audio & Video

GPT-5.4 Thinking OpenAI 1024000

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

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Speed & Performance Analysis

Best Use Cases

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o3 Pro OpenAI

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Speed & Performance Analysis

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✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI

Grok Code Fast 1 xAI

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

Gemini 2.5 Flash Google

Grok 4.3 xAI

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

o4-mini Deep Research OpenAI

o4-mini OpenAI

Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic

Gemini 3.1 Flash Google

Grok 4.20 Beta xAI

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark OpenAI

GPT-5.3 Instant OpenAI

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic

Gemini 2.5 Pro Google

Gemini 3.1 Pro Google

Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

o3 Deep Research OpenAI

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

o3 Pro OpenAI

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

Enterprise Comparison: Complex clause analysis and litigation planning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

Grok Code Fast 1
xAI

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google

Grok 4.3
xAI

GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

o4-mini
OpenAI

Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic

Gemini 3.1 Flash
Google

Grok 4.20 Beta
xAI

Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

GPT-5.3 Instant
OpenAI

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

GPT-5.4
OpenAI

GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

GPT-5.5
OpenAI

o3 Pro
OpenAI

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI