Processing or generating 500 words (approximately 640 tokens) with GPT-5.6 Terra ranges from $0.000128 (cached input) to $0.00768 (full generation).
Quick answer
For 500 words, GPT-5.6 Terra processes approximately 640 tokens. That costs $0.00128 as uncached input, $0.000128 with the modeled cache discount, or $0.00768 when generated as output.
Method & trust
The estimate converts the selected English word count with the model tokenizer family, then applies the published input/output price per million tokens. Real prompts vary with code, formatting, language, and system instructions.
You send 500 words as prompt context, documentation, or background knowledge.
GPT-5.6 Terra drafts a complete 500 words article, chapter, or code module.
400 words input prompt + 100 words output reply.
| Model | Provider | Input Cost (500 words) | Cached Input Cost | Output Cost (500 words) | Context Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Terra (Current) | openai | $0.00128 | $0.000128 | $0.00768 | 1,050,000 |
| GPT-5.4 Workhorse | openai | $0.0016 | $0.00016 | $0.0096 | 256,000 |
| o3-mini | openai | $0.000704 | $0.000352 | $0.002816 | 200,000 |
| o4-mini | openai | $0.000704 | $0.000176 | $0.002816 | 256,000 |
| o1-mini | openai | $0.000704 | $0.000352 | $0.002816 | 128,000 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | anthropic | $0.00132 | $0.000132 | $0.0066 | 1,000,000 |
For GPT-5.6 Terra (o200k_base tokenizer), 500 words is approximately 640 tokens (an average ratio of 1.28 tokens per word in English). Code, technical vocabulary, and non-English scripts will have higher token densities.
Sending 500 words as input costs $0.00128 (or $0.000128 with prompt caching). Generating 500 words as output costs $0.00768. Output tokens are more expensive because autoregressive token generation requires significantly more computation per token.
Yes! If your input text is part of a repeated context, prompt caching saves 50% to 90% (costing $0.000128). For non-urgent asynchronous batch processing, 24-hour batch queues provide a flat 50% discount across all tokens (costing $0.00064 for input, $0.00384 for output).
At an average human reading speed of 250 words per minute, 500 words takes approximately 2 minutes to read. In contrast, GPT-5.6 Terra can process or generate this text in seconds.