OpenAIGPT-5.5

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GPT-5.5 is OpenAI's prior frontier model for coding, tool-heavy agents, long-context retrieval, and professional knowledge work.

Context
1,050,000 tokens
Inputs
Text, Image
Outputs
Text
Released
Apr 23, 2026

Benchmark Market Position

Quality, Cost, and Position

Efficiency FrontierLiveBench overall · output estimate
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LiveBench quality versus score-adjusted output costEach dot is a model configuration and is colored by developer. Higher means a better LiveBench overall score. Farther left means lower estimated output cost after adjusting by the score. A dotted line connects the non-dominated frontier observations. The highlighted ring identifies the current model.$0.0050$0.010$0.050$0.100$0.500$1.0064728189Grok Build 0.1GLM-5.3-FlashGPT-5.6 Luna (max)DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-ExpGrok 4.5Gemini 3.7 Flash (high)GPT-5.6 Sol (max)Claude Fable 5

The outlined observation is GPT-5.5. Cost views require publisher-reported LiveBench output tokens and a current sourced USD output-token rate; models missing either input are omitted.

Providers & Pricing

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ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCache read / 1MCache write / 1MObservedEvidence
$5.00$30.00$0.50Sep 3, 2026Provider-reported
ARC-AGI-1verified-v1-b2e2a31b3d5395.00percentGPT-5.5 (XHigh)unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
ARC-AGI-2verified-v2-326661568d5f85.00percentGPT-5.5 (XHigh)unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LiveBench2026-06-2584.54percent11,3551,270gpt-5.5-xhighaverage per caseRecomputedwinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Agent Arenaagent-2026-08-31-0115087206967.89score50,040GPT 5.5 (xHigh); 95% CI [6.81615311, 8.96269497]; sessions 50040; observations 2230540; rank 7unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Agent Arenaagent-2026-08-31-0115087206966.10score73,880GPT 5.5 (High); 95% CI [5.09147872, 7.09988726]; sessions 73880; observations 2269239; rank 11unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Agent Arenaagent-2026-08-31-0115087206964.84score77,762GPT 5.5; 95% CI [3.96340788, 5.71819765]; sessions 77762; observations 1908513; rank 18unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-07-30-0115087206961,484.70rating16,816gpt-5.5-high; 95% CI [1477.69349247, 1491.71461103]; votes 16816; rank 7unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-07-30-0115087206961,480.30rating17,286gpt-5.5; 95% CI [1473.46488383, 1487.13183487]; votes 17286; rank 9unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Search Arenasearch-2026-08-24-0115087206961,242.05rating89,873gpt-5.5-search; 95% CI [1236.73488085, 1247.37053078]; votes 89873; rank 3unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-0115087206961,471.56rating63,265gpt-5.5-high; 95% CI [1467.73328730, 1475.37792479]; votes 63265; rank 21unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-0115087206961,466.80rating64,686gpt-5.5; 95% CI [1462.99653821, 1470.60035247]; votes 64686; rank 27unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-08-27-0115087206961,296.36rating21,389gpt-5.5; 95% CI [1289.71672285, 1302.99355267]; votes 21389; rank 16unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-08-27-0115087206961,294.36rating20,121gpt-5.5-high; 95% CI [1287.65516407, 1301.05910249]; votes 20121; rank 18unknownOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
ToneBench2026-08-28-10-task-cd9819ab6e4d82.80points3,51750GPT-5.5 (high)average per caseOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
ToneBench2026-08-28-10-task-cd9819ab6e4d82.60points3,51750GPT-5.5 (xhigh)average per caseOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
ToneBench2026-08-28-10-task-cd9819ab6e4d82.00points3,62950GPT-5.5 (default)average per caseOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark
ToneBench2026-08-28-10-task-cd9819ab6e4d81.53points3,80550GPT-5.5 (none)average per caseOriginal sourcewinner eligibleThird-party benchmark

At a Glance

Model Facts

Identity

Status
active
Developer ID
gpt-5.5-2026-04-23
Released
Apr 23, 2026
Version
GPT-5.5
License
Unknown

Capacity

Context
1,050,000 tokens
Maximum output
128,000 tokens
Total parameters
Unknown
Active parameters
Unknown
Knowledge cutoff
Dec 1, 2025

Interface and Access

Inputs
Text, Image
Outputs
Text
API available
Yes
Open weights
No
Self-hostable
No
Reasoning
Yes
Vision
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Capabilities
chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, tools

This page represents one immutable developer model ID. Serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach separately and never create duplicate model records.

Version Lineage

PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasesgpt-5.5, gpt-5.5-2026-04-23

Explicit Unknowns

  • Architecture
  • Tokenizer

Primary Evidence

Sources and Observation Date

Comparable Peers

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Questions

GPT-5.5 FAQs

What is GPT-5.5?+

GPT-5.5 is OpenAI's prior frontier model for coding, tool-heavy agents, long-context retrieval, and professional knowledge work. It is developed by OpenAI and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.

What inputs and outputs does GPT-5.5 support?+

GPT-5.5's current record lists Text and Image as input and Text as output.

How much context does GPT-5.5 support?+

The current record lists a 1,050,000-token context window and a maximum output of 128,000 tokens.

Is GPT-5.5 available through an API?+

GPT-5.5 is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Openai.

How much does GPT-5.5 cost through an API?+

The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to GPT-5.5 are $5.00 per million input tokens through Openai and $30.00 per million output tokens through Openai. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.

What capabilities and tasks does GPT-5.5 support?+

GPT-5.5's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, reasoning, structured outputs, and tools. Its supported tasks are image, reasoning, and text.

Can GPT-5.5 be self-hosted?+

GPT-5.5 is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is marked as unsupported, with no license recorded.

Does GPT-5.5 have related versions or aliases?+

No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are gpt-5.5 and gpt-5.5-2026-04-23.

How current is the Model Markets record for GPT-5.5?+

GPT-5.5 was last verified Sep 3, 2026 from OpenAI's primary source, “GPT-5.5 Model | OpenAI API.” The evidence is classified as official fact.

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