OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano is OpenAI's model. Its measured tokenizer sits with the GPT group, which is evidence that it builds on the GPT tokenizer. Tokenizer reuse is normal engineering, open vocabularies travel between labs, and this says nothing against OpenAI's authorship of the model itself.
| Signal | Result | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tokenizer signature | Exact match with 9 other models | tk_d1411c9d |
| API surface | Identical contract to 4 other entries | api_f0db61b1 |
| Context and output | 400,000 context · 128,000 max output | declared |
| Reasoning contract | Optional · efforts xhigh, high, medium, low, none · default medium | declared |
| Serving providers observed | OpenAI | measured 21 August 2026 |
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An x marks a row excluded as corrupt (caching or provider interference detected during measurement). Overhead subtracted: 6 prompt tokens.
GPT-5.4 nano is the most lightweight and cost-efficient variant of the GPT-5.4 family, optimized for speed-critical and high-volume tasks. It supports text and image inputs and is designed for low-latency...
Supported parameters
include_reasoningmax_completion_tokensmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatseedstructured_outputstool_choicetools
defaults: {"temperature":null,"top_p":null,"top_k":null,"frequency_penalty":null,"presence_penalty":null,"repetition_penalty":null}
Cite this page as the evidence record for OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano: the URL is stable, measurements are dated, and revisions append to the history above. Method: tokenizer fingerprinting, v1, 50 strings. The raw data behind every figure is on the data page.
