Analysis Summary
GPT-5.5 combines strong reasoning, top-tier coding performance, and a massive 1.05M token context window with vision and function calling, making it one of the more capable general-purpose models available. It handles complex, multi-modal, and long-document tasks with ease.
This breadth suits software engineering, long-form document analysis, customer-facing content, and coding-heavy automation. Agentic reliability is solid though not the strongest in its class, a minor trade-off given its otherwise broad capability set.
At $5 input and $30 output per million tokens, it delivers strong value for its capability tier, making it a sound default choice for teams needing a dependable, high-context, multimodal model.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
GPT-5.5 from OpenAI delivers frontier-level reasoning and coding with a 1.05M token context window, vision, and full tool use for demanding business applications.
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DFO Verdict
GPT-5.5 from OpenAI delivers frontier-level reasoning and coding with a 1.05M token context window, vision, and full tool use for demanding business applications.
How OpenAI: GPT-5.5 compares
OpenAI: GPT-5.5 ranks #4 of 398 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #3 of 173 for coding, #16 of 154 for agentic tasks. Its 1.1M-token context window is larger than 98% of the models we list. At $5.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 7% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on content. The pulled-in value corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $5.00 | $0.005000 |
| Output | $30.00 | $0.030000 |
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Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-5.5
How much does OpenAI: GPT-5.5 cost?
OpenAI: GPT-5.5 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5.5?
OpenAI: GPT-5.5 has a context window of 1,050,000 tokens (1.1M).
Is OpenAI: GPT-5.5 good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, OpenAI: GPT-5.5 ranks #3 of 173 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can OpenAI: GPT-5.5 do?
OpenAI: GPT-5.5 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created OpenAI: GPT-5.5?
OpenAI: GPT-5.5 is developed by OpenAI and was released on April 24, 2026.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: August 5, 2026 8:38 pm