{
 "title": "Image input token cost by resolution: Claude vs Gemini vs GPT",
 "url": "https://tokensave.app/data/image-token-cost",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "measured": "2026-10-18",
 "columns": {
  "claude55": "Claude Opus 5.5 / Sonnet 5.5, measured (identical counts)",
  "claude45": "Claude Haiku 4.5, measured",
  "gemini": "Gemini 3.8 Flash, measured in Google AI Studio (default media resolution)",
  "gpt6_auto": "gpt-6-astra, detail auto/original, computed with OpenAI's published patch formula",
  "gpt6_high": "gpt-6-astra, detail high (2,500-patch budget), computed",
  "gpt55_auto": "gpt-5.5, detail auto/original (10,000-patch budget), computed"
 },
 "citation": "TokenSave (2026). Image input token cost by resolution: Claude vs Gemini vs GPT [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23443906",
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   "width": 256,
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   "gpt55_auto": 77
  },
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   "height": 512,
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}