OpenAI

The GPT family

OpenAI's GPT language models, shown together with ChatGPT, the o-series reasoning models and its open-weight release.

Only versions we have a record for. Missing ones appear as records are added.

23versions2018–2026Latest · GPT-6.1 Sol

At a glance

Where labels would overlap, only the dot is drawn — point at it to see the name; every version is in the list below.

23 versions

In release order. Each date comes from the record that documents it — open a name to see the record.

  1. GPT-1

    The first GPT paper: pre-train once, then fine-tune for each task

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  2. GPT-2

    Announced; full model held back over misuse concerns

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  3. GPT-3

    Paper showing tasks solved from examples in the prompt

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  4. InstructGPT

    Announced and made the API's default model

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  5. ChatGPT

    Research preview; chat opened prompting to non-experts

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  6. GPT-4

    Followed instructions better; prompt tricks mattered less

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  7. GPT-4V(ision)

    System card; image understanding moved to wide release

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  8. GPT-4 Turbo

    Announced with a 128K-token context window

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  9. GPT-4o

    One end-to-end network for text, vision and audio

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  10. GPT-4o mini

    Released as a low-cost small model

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  11. o1-preview / o1-mini

    First o-series release: LLMs trained to reason

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  12. o3-mini

    The first reasoning model offered to free ChatGPT users

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  13. GPT-4.5

    Previewed as OpenAI's largest chat model, without a thinking step

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  14. GPT-4.1

    Came with a guide urging explicit, specific prompts

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  15. o3 / o4-mini

    Launched with “thinking with images”

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  16. gpt-oss-120b / 20b

    First open-weight language models since GPT-2; Apache 2.0

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  17. GPT-5

    Launched as a unified, router-based system

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  18. GPT-5.1

    Updated GPT-5 as two models, Instant and Thinking

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  19. GPT-5.2

    Released as Instant, Thinking and Pro

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  20. GPT-5.5

    Paired visual understanding with computer-use scores

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  21. GPT-6 Astra

    Opened the GPT-6 generation; rolled out in stages

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  22. GPT-6 Sol / GPT-6 Luna

    Two tiers below Astra: mid-range Sol, entry-level Luna

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  23. GPT-6.1 Sol

    Mid-tier update pitched as near-Astra at a lower price

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