Is text-embedding-3-small or OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano cheaper?

text-embedding-3-small is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $1.25 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, text-embedding-3-small or OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano?

OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano has the larger context window (400K tokens).

text-embedding-3-small vs OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano

text-embedding-3-small is cheaper on output tokens, while OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano offers a larger context window. Choose text-embedding-3-small or OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	text-embedding-3-small	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano
Provider	OpenAI	OpenAI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.02	$0.20
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$1.25
Context window	8K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jan 2024	Mar 2026

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