OpenAI: GPT-5 Codex

openai/gpt-5-codex

Released Sep 23, 2025400,000 context

$1.25/M input tokens$10/M output tokens

GPT-5-Codex is a specialized version of GPT-5 optimized for software engineering and coding workflows. It is designed for both interactive development sessions and long, independent execution of complex engineering tasks. The model supports building projects from scratch, feature development, debugging, large-scale refactoring, and code review. Compared to GPT-5, Codex is more steerable, adheres closely to developer instructions, and produces cleaner, higher-quality code outputs. Reasoning effort can be adjusted with the reasoning.effort parameter. Read the docs here

Codex integrates into developer environments including the CLI, IDE extensions, GitHub, and cloud tasks. It adapts reasoning effort dynamically—providing fast responses for small tasks while sustaining extended multi-hour runs for large projects. The model is trained to perform structured code reviews, catching critical flaws by reasoning over dependencies and validating behavior against tests. It also supports multimodal inputs such as images or screenshots for UI development and integrates tool use for search, dependency installation, and environment setup. Codex is intended specifically for agentic coding applications.

Providers for GPT-5 Codex

OpenRouter routes requests to the best providers that are able to handle your prompt size and parameters, with fallbacks to maximize uptime.

Performance for GPT-5 Codex

Compare different providers across OpenRouter

Effective Pricing for GPT-5 Codex

Actual cost per million tokens across providers over the past hour

Apps using GPT-5 Codex

Top public apps this month

Recent activity on GPT-5 Codex

Total usage per day on OpenRouter

Prompt

668K

Reasoning

Completion

Prompt tokens measure input size. Reasoning tokens show internal thinking before a response. Completion tokens reflect total output length.

Uptime stats for GPT-5 Codex

Uptime stats for GPT-5 Codex across all providers

Sample code and API for GPT-5 Codex

OpenRouter normalizes requests and responses across providers for you.

OpenRouter provides an OpenAI-compatible completion API to 300+ models & providers that you can call directly, or using the OpenAI SDK. Additionally, some third-party SDKs are available.

In the examples below, the OpenRouter-specific headers are optional. Setting them allows your app to appear on the OpenRouter leaderboards.

Using third-party SDKs

For information about using third-party SDKs and frameworks with OpenRouter, please see our frameworks documentation.

See the Request docs for all possible fields, and Parameters for explanations of specific sampling parameters.

GPT-5 Codex - API Pricing & Providers | OpenRouter