compare/GPT-4ovsGPT-4o Transcribe

GPT-4o vs GPT-4o Transcribe

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

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 GPT-4o
openai/gpt-4o
GPT-4o Transcribe
openai/gpt-4o-transcribe
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
FamilyGPT-4GPT-4
Modalitytextaudio-stt
Context window128,000 tok
Max output16,384 tok
Released2026-05-222026-05-22
Input price$2.50 /1M$0.0060 /min
Output price$10.00 /1M
Cache read
Tools
Streamingyes
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
GPT-4o
openai/gpt-4o
Full spec →

GPT-4o is OpenAI’s multimodal flagship, accepting text and images and responding quickly across a wide range of tasks.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
GPT-4o Transcribe
openai/gpt-4o-transcribe
Full spec →

A speech-to-text model that uses GPT-4o to transcribe audio with improved word error rate and better language recognition compared to original Whisper models.

Strengths
  • Speech-to-text transcription
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try GPT-4o
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-4o",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try GPT-4o Transcribe — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-4o-transcribe",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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