GPT-5.4 Cost for 1 Million Tokens of Legal Discovery

GPT-5.4 has been replaced by GPT-5.5

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Complete Analysis: 1,005,000 tokens for GPT-5.4
⚡ 70% Cached

Complete analysis of pricing, performance, and use cases for OpenAI's GPT-5.4 model with 70% Cached.

⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API
$0.981250 (rounded ~ $0.98) Total Cost
1,005,000 Total Tokens
40 minutes, 16.97 seconds Processing Time
416 Effective Tokens/Sec

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GPT-5.4
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)
70%
Provider-specific multipliers applied after all calculations
Enable for cache discounts
Select platform to enforce context limits
Number of requests (max 1M). Summary view auto-enabled >10k.

Calculate Token Costs

$0.750000 Input Cost
$0.056250 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
1,005,000Total Tokens
$0.000976Cost per 1K
1,024,204Tokens per $
🔄 Cliff Pricing Active: Using Premium pricing (premium) based on token volume.
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

40m 16s Processing Time
420 Tokens/Second
210ms Time to First Token
416 Effective Speed

Model Comparison

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Model Information

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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
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)

🔧 Special Modes
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 OpenAI 1024000 🏔️ Context Cliff

$0.981250 (rounded ~ $0.98)
Total Cost
⚡ 70% 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) $2.556250 (rounded ~ $2.56) Input: $2.500000
Output: $0.056250 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Optimized Cost $0.981250 (rounded ~ $0.98) Input: $2.500000
Output: $0.056250 (rounded ~ $0.06)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $1.575000 (rounded ~ $1.58) 61.6% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount
🏔️ Context Cliff
Premium Tier
>272,000 tokens triggered premium pricing
📊 Cliff Pricing
Premium
premium pricing (threshold: 272,000)

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 1,000,000 input tokens and 5,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $2.500000
  • Output Cost: $0.056250 (rounded ~ $0.06)
  • Total Cost: $0.981250 (rounded ~ $0.98)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000976
  • Tokens per dollar: 1,024,204 tokens
  • Context Window: 1024000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 420 tokens per second and 210ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 40 minutes, 16.97 seconds
  • Latency: 210 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 420 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 416 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

General-purposehigh-accuracy clause extraction and risk assessment for scalableautomated legal document discovery.

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✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

← Back to GPT-5.4
📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 1,000,000
Output Tokens: 5,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 70%
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs GPT-5.4
🏆 Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google
$0.030875 Best Value ↓ 96.9% cheaper
🥈 Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google
$0.074063 (rounded ~ $0.07) ↓ 92.5% cheaper
🥉 Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google
$0.148125 (rounded ~ $0.15) ↓ 84.9% cheaper
#4 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
$0.500000 ↓ 49% cheaper
#5 GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI
$0.981250 (rounded ~ $0.98) Same price
#6 GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
$3.950000 ↑ 302.5% more
#7 GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
$3.950000 ↑ 302.5% more
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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google

$0.030875
vs GPT-5.4: ↓ 96.9%
🥈

Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google

$0.074063 (rounded ~ $0.07)
vs GPT-5.4: ↓ 92.5%
🥉

Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google

$0.148125 (rounded ~ $0.15)
vs GPT-5.4: ↓ 84.9%
#4

Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google

$0.500000
vs GPT-5.4: ↓ 49%
#5

GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI

$0.981250 (rounded ~ $0.98)
vs GPT-5.4: Same
#6

GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI

$3.950000
vs GPT-5.4: ↑ 302.5%
#7

GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI

$3.950000
vs GPT-5.4: ↑ 302.5%
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Scaling Automated Legal Discovery with Reasoning Models

Legal discovery, particularly the initial triage of large document sets, creates a unique demand for models that can balance deep reasoning with high-throughput processing. GPT-5.4 stands out as a versatile workhorse for these tasks, offering a refined balance of reasoning capability and operational efficiency. Unlike smaller, more specialized models, GPT-5.4 maintains high accuracy across a broad range of legal categories, from standard commercial terms to highly specific regulatory compliance requirements. This makes it an ideal choice for teams that need a reliable, general-purpose engine for diverse document types.

For a small startup, the value proposition lies in reducing the ‘integration tax’—you can deploy a single model across multiple legal workflows without needing an array of custom-tuned solutions. GPT-5.4’s ability to act as a reliable agent, following complex, multi-step instructions for clause extraction and risk flagging, reduces the need for manual, error-prone prompt engineering. As your document volume grows into the millions of tokens per month, the stability of the model’s output becomes a critical competitive advantage, enabling consistent reporting for internal stakeholders or clients. While it requires a disciplined approach to input management to control costs, the model’s high context capacity and robust tool-calling capabilities provide a solid foundation for building an automated, scalable legal discovery pipeline that grows with your business.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate are these AI model cost calculations?
Our calculations are based on official pricing from each provider (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, xAI, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral) and are updated regularly. We account for all factors including multimodal inputs, caching discounts, batch API pricing, tool usage multipliers, OCR processing, audio minutes, silence fees, and research mode pricing. Note: Reseller markups and dedicated instance multipliers have been removed to reflect official provider pricing.
How does prompt caching work?
Caching discounts vary by provider: Google and OpenAI offer 90% discounts on cached input tokens. Anthropic uses write (1.25x) and read (0.10x) multipliers. Savings are applied to the token portion only, not unit-based fees.
How do Market Recommendations work (v8.6.0)?
Our recommendation engine scans the entire model registry and only includes models that support ALL your current input parameters (tokens, images, video, audio, OCR, tools, batch API, etc.). It calculates exact costs with your settings and sorts by price, showing you the best value options that can handle your complete workflow. Special pricing models (OCR, video, audio, image generation) are properly handled and only appear when their specific input types are requested. v8.6.0 removes reseller markups (20% buffer) and dedicated instance multipliers to reflect official provider pricing.
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