OpenAI Sora

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OpenAI Sora

Quality (35)100/100

GPT Image 2.5: AA #1, user score 8.9/10

Price (25)75/100

included in plan; GPT Image 2 API $0.053

Security (20)50/100

C (ChatGPT Free/Plus)

Electricity (10)25/100

image estimate: 1.4–11.5 Wh (Luccioni SD 1.5–SDXL lab); upper for recent cloud models

Water (10)25/100

image estimate: ~11–21 mL (11.49 Wh × WUE 1.0–1.8 L/kWh, Luccioni SDXL proxy + default WUE) — not an OpenAI measurement

How it's computed : Weighted mean of 1–5 sub-scores scaled to 100: Quality 35, Price 25, Security 20, Electricity 10, Water 10. Missing sub-score = excluded and weights renormalized over available ones ('partial data' badge). Never influenced by affiliation. Methodology

OpenAI Sora video model (Sora app / ChatGPT). Access per OpenAI plans; pricing: openai.com/sora and chatgpt.com — not public / verify (403 on automated fetch 2026-10-16). Also listed on some aggregators (e.g. Higgsfield 'Sora 2').

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Sora versions

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2024-12-09Sora public / ChatGPT
Public availability (OpenAI post).
2024-02-15Sora (preview)
OpenAI Sora announcement.

Official names only. Dates from undated pages are approximate; GPT Image / Veo 3 / Gen-3 / Gen-4.5 / Suno v6 entries were verified on dated pages or documented snapshots.

Footprint (estimate)

Estimate — low/high range · not a service measurement

Electricity: 57.45 Wh / 720p video-second (proxy)
Water: 103.41 mL / 720p video-second (proxy)
CO₂: 21.831 g / 720p video-second (proxy)

Where servers run: Microsoft Azure (OpenAI) · Azure US regions (undisclosed) (region not disclosed, default average used) · hosting source · grid US grid average (380 gCO₂/kWh) · grid source

All electricity, water and CO₂ figures are estimates (never direct service measurements), with a low/high range. Verified sources are listed on /methodologie. Method