OpenAI: GPT-5.5

OpenAI: GPT-5.5

openai · Released Apr 24, 2026 Frontier Top Pick
Intelligence #3 / 565
90.0 Our Score
Speed #177 / 262
66.0 tokens / sec
Input #529 / 566
$5.00 per 1M tokens
Output #538 / 566
$30.00 per 1M tokens
Context #10 / 566
1.1M tokens

Analysis Summary

OpenAI: GPT-5.5 sits in the Frontier tier on our leaderboard, ranked #3 of 565 published models on overall intelligence. At $5.00 input and $30.00 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers an exceptionally large context window suited to long-document workflows and supports tool use, function calling, vision, and reasoning.

Editorial notes

GPT-5.5 from OpenAI leads the field with a 60.2 intelligence index, 59.1 coding index, and 77.2 agentic score, combined with vision, tool use, and a 1.05M context window.

Assessed May 31, 2026

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Performance Profile

Intelligence8.7Technical9.6Value5.8Content9.5
Intelligence 8.7/10
Technical 9.6/10
Content 9.5/10
Value 5.8/10

How OpenAI: GPT-5.5 compares

OpenAI: GPT-5.5 ranks #2 of 371 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #1 of 308 for coding, #1 of 283 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.

About OpenAI: GPT-5.5

GPT-5.5 is OpenAI’s frontier model designed for complex professional workloads, building on GPT-5.4 with stronger reasoning, higher reliability, and improved token efficiency on hard tasks. It features a 1M+ token..

Capabilities

Tool Use Function Calling Vision

Performance Indices

Source: Artificial Analysis

60.2 Intelligence Index
59.1 Coding Index
77.2 Agentic Index

Benchmark Scores

Intelligence

GPQA Diamond 93.5% Graduate-level scientific reasoning
HLE 44.3% Humanity's Last Exam
SciCode 56.1% Scientific computing

Technical

TerminalBench Hard 60.6% Agentic terminal tasks
τ²-Bench 93.9% Conversational agent benchmark

Content

IFBench 75.9% Instruction following
LCR 74.3% Long-context reasoning

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face

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Model Information

OpenRouter ID openai/gpt-5.5
Provideropenai
Release Date April 24, 2026
Context Length1,050,000 tokens
Max Completion128,000 tokens
Status Active

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $5.00 $0.005000
Output $30.00 $0.030000

Live Performance

Live endpoint metrics, refreshed every 30 minutes.

99.3%
Avg Uptime
3,501ms
Best Latency (TTFT)
43 tok/s
Best Throughput
2/2
Active Endpoints
Available via: OpenAI, Azure

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 #1 of 308 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.