Artificial Analysis measures OpenAI Web Search Time per Task at about 31 seconds

According to benchmarking by Artificial Analysis, OpenAI Web Search records a Time per Task of approximately 31 seconds, combining search time and model time. This ranks 14th among 26 evaluated products, placing it in the middle of a tested range between about 16 seconds for Octen and 62 seconds for Firecrawl.

Artificial Analysis noted that OpenAI does not report search time directly. The benchmark measures search duration from stream events, which include OpenAI processing time, meaning the search portion represents an upper limit.