# Daybreak Red

> Daybreak Red is a proprietary language model from OpenAI, released on 7 Aug 2026. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 400K-token context window and up to 128K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $12.50 per million input tokens and $75 per million output tokens (OpenAI API), across 1 provider we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/gpt-5-6-cyber
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** OpenAI
- **Release date:** 7 Aug 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Context window:** 400K (400,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Max output:** 128K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** 16 Feb 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Input:** Text and images (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/gpt-daybreak-red-latest.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | $12.50 | $75 | $1.25 | 400K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Daybreak Red?

Daybreak Red has a context window of 400,000 tokens (400K) and can generate up to 128,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Daybreak Red API cost?

Through OpenAI API, Daybreak Red costs $12.50 per million input tokens and $75 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Daybreak Red open source?

No. Daybreak Red is a proprietary model; OpenAI has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including OpenAI API.

### When was Daybreak Red released?

OpenAI released Daybreak Red on 7 Aug 2026, according to models.dev.

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