GPT-5.1 Instant

Closed weights OpenAI November 2025

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

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Origin

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Organisation
OpenAI
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
13 November 2025

What it does

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Domain
Multimodal, Language, Vision
Task
Language modeling/generation, Question answering

Size

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Training data
tokens

Availability

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Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
API access
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

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Why it is tracked
Significant use
Record confidence
Unknown

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
Last updated
24 April 2026

What the numbers mean

Background

GPT-5.1 Instant was published by OpenAI, in United States of America, in November 2025. The organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in Multimodal, Language, Vision, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation, Question answering.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

What went into building it

The reason it appears in this catalogue at all is significant use.

Answers

GPT-5.1 Instant — common questions

01

Who created GPT-5.1 Instant?

GPT-5.1 Instant was published by OpenAI, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.

02

When was GPT-5.1 Instant released?

GPT-5.1 Instant was published in November 2025.

03

What is GPT-5.1 Instant used for?

GPT-5.1 Instant works in Multimodal, Language, Vision, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

04

What GPU do I need to run GPT-5.1 Instant?

None. GPT-5.1 Instant is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

05

Is GPT-5.1 Instant open source?

No. GPT-5.1 Instant has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

06

How many parameters does GPT-5.1 Instant have?

No parameter count has been published for GPT-5.1 Instant, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 24 April 2026

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