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GPT-5.5

API ID gpt-5.5

gpt-5.5 is an OpenAI model, released April 2026. It has a 1,050,000-token context window and up to 128,000 output tokens. It takes image input and supports function calling, structured outputs and reasoning. Standard price: from $5.00 input and from $30.00 output per 1M tokens.

Status
Active
Released
April 2026
Shutdown
none announced
Replacement
—

No deprecation or shutdown date has been announced as of October 15, 2026.

Benchmarks

Scores as each source published them
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Comparing with GPT-5.4, the previous model in this line. A score is compared only with the same benchmark from the same source, at the same setting where both have it. Full comparison: prices, limits, features

Arena

ArenaGPT-5.5GPT-5.4ChangeRankDateSource
Text
Other settings
  • 1477 ±4 vs 1465 ±4
By category
  • Math 1493 rank 25 vs 1491 (+2, within range)
  • Creative writing 1451 rank 37 vs 1442 (+9, within range)
  • Instruction following 1478 rank 23 vs 1471 (+7, within range)
  • Hard prompts 1501 rank 32 vs 1496 (+5, within range)
  • Long prompts 1487 rank 31 vs 1481 (+6, within range)
  • Multi-turn 1487 rank 25 vs 1493 (−6, within range)
  • Expert 1512 rank 25 vs 1514 (−2, within range)
1481 ±41475 ±4+6
within range
26 of 415
69,414 votes
Oct 13, 2026source
Text: Coding
Other settings
  • 1511 ±6 vs 1512 ±6
1519 ±61520 ±6−1
within range
38 of 410
19,176 votes
Oct 13, 2026source
WebDev
Other settings
  • 1487 ±6 vs 1463 ±19 high effort, codex harness
  • 1456 ±6 vs not rated codex harness
1513 ±61463 ±19+5054 of 142
15,714 votes
Oct 13, 2026source
Vision
Other settings
  • 1281 ±6 vs 1285 ±6 high effort
1286 ±61279 ±7+7
within range
20 of 165
27,993 votes
Oct 9, 2026source
Search1226 ±51196 ±6+308 of 42
125,957 votes
Oct 13, 2026source
Document
Other settings
  • 1480 ±7 vs not rated high effort
1483 ±61470 ±6+1310 of 44
21,279 votes
Sep 13, 2026source
Agent
Other settings
  • -0.001 ±0.012 vs not rated
0.033 ±0.0130.016 ±0.011+0.017
within range
18 of 54
54,310 sessions
Oct 14, 2026source

Rated as gpt-5.5-high (high effort); GPT-5.4 as gpt-5.4-high (high effort). Some were rated at different settings; ratings on one arena share one scale, so the difference still reads directly. Text, WebDev, Vision, Search and Document ratings come from people voting between two anonymous answers; Text, Vision, Search and Document are style-controlled, as on arena.ai. Agent is Arena's separate score for real agent sessions, on its own scale. Data: Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0.

Epoch AI

BenchmarkGPT-5.5GPT-5.4ChangeSettingRunSource
FrontierMath Tier 472.5%49.0%+23.5 ptsxhigh effortJun 11, 2026source
FrontierMath Tiers 1-385.3%78.6%+6.7 ptsxhigh effortJun 11, 2026source
GPQA Diamond
Other settings
  • 77.3% vs 74.7% no reasoning
90.7%84.8%+5.9 ptslow effortMay 5, 2026source
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Other settings
  • 57.8% vs 57.8% no reasoning
84.4%84.4%0 ptslow effortAug 7, 2026source
SimpleQA Verified63.0%45.1%+17.9 ptsxhigh effortAug 27, 2026source

Run independently by Epoch AI. Data: Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (epoch.ai/benchmarks), CC BY.

On cloud platforms

All platform dates
PlatformPlatform IDStateShutdownTime leftReplacementSource
Amazon Bedrockopenai.gpt-5.5Activenot before Jun 1, 2027—source
Microsoft Foundryversion 2026-04-24gpt-5.5ActiveOct 26, 2027376 days—source

Read daily from each platform's own pages. The shutdown date and countdown on this page use OpenAI's own date. Time left counts to 00:00 UTC on the shutdown date, which is the evening before in ET.

Currently points to gpt-5.5-2026-04-23 (in place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)).

FeatureValueSinceSource
Structured outputsThe model can be held to a JSON schema you supply, so every reply parses without retries or cleanup.Supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Function callingAlso called tool use. You describe functions; the model replies with a function name and arguments for your code to run, then uses the result.Supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Prompt cachingA prompt prefix you send again and again (system prompt, documents, tools) is cached, so later requests cost less and start faster.Supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Batch APISend many requests as one job that runs in the background, usually finished within 24 hours, at a lower price than live requests.Supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Image inputImages such as screenshots, photos and charts can go in the prompt for the model to read.Supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Reasoning / thinkingThe model can work through a problem step by step before it answers: usually better answers to hard questions, at the cost of more tokens and time.Supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Fine-tuningYou can train your own version of the model on your examples through the company's API, then call it like any other model.Not supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Built-in web searchThe company's API can search the web for the model during a request and cite its sources; you don't need a search service of your own.Supportedin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Context windowThe most the model can work with in one request, in tokens: your prompt, conversation history and files. A token is about three-quarters of an English word.1,050,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source
Max output tokensThe longest reply the model can write in one response, in tokens. A token is about three-quarters of an English word.128,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 7, 2026)source

Not published by OpenAI: PDF input, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.

Price history

USD per 1M tokens, standard tier
$0.00$10.00$20.00$30.00$40.00Oct 2026In $5.00Out $30.00Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026: Input $5.00, Output $30.00
$0.00$10.00$20.00$30.00$40.00Oct 2026In $5.00Out $30.00Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026: Input $5.00, Output $30.00

We started recording this model's prices on Oct 1, 2026. The history grows with each daily check.

Show as a table
FromTypePrice
Oct 1, 2026Input$5.00
Oct 1, 2026Output$30.00

Prices

USD per 1M tokens, every type and band, by tier
TypeBandPrice $/1MIn effect
Standard
inputlong context$10.00
inputshort context$5.00
cached inputlong context$1.00
cached inputshort context$0.50
outputlong context$45.00
outputshort context$30.00
Batch
inputlong context$5.00
inputshort context$2.50
cached inputlong context$0.50
cached inputshort context$0.25
outputlong context$22.50
outputshort context$15.00
Flex
inputlong context$5.00
inputshort context$2.50
cached inputlong context$0.50
cached inputshort context$0.25
outputlong context$22.50
outputshort context$15.00
Fast
inputshort context$12.50
cached inputshort context$1.25
outputshort context$75.00

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