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GPT-5.5 is OpenAI’s proprietary AI model, released Apr 23, 2026. It costs $5/M input and $30/M output tokens, and handles a 1.1M-token context window. Its strongest use case is coding, where it ranks in the 84th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

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.

Context
1.1M
Input
$5 / 1M
Output
$30 / 1M
Released
Apr 23, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atCoding top 16%Agentic & Tools top 16%Reasoning & Knowledge top 18%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GPT-5.5 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

81.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
81st percentile of tracked models
84.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
84th percentile of tracked models
84.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
84th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

7 evals
ARC-AGI95.0%

Abstract visual reasoning

ARC-AGI-285.0%

Harder abstract reasoning

GPQA Diamond90.7%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam45.8%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleBench69.0%

Common-sense trick questions

SimpleQA Verified63.0%

Factual accuracy & hallucination

WeirdML84.9%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

4 evals
GSO (code optimization)40.2%

Code performance optimization

SciCode55.8%

Scientific research coding

SWE-bench Verified80.6%

Real GitHub issue resolution

WebDev Arena1510

Human-rated web development

Math

3 evals
AIME 2024/202584.4%

Olympiad-qualifier math

FrontierMath51.7%

Research-level math problems

FrontierMath Tier 435.4%

Hardest research math

Agentic & Tools

3 evals
APEX55.1%

Multi-step agentic tasks

Terminal-Bench84.7%

Command-line agentic tasks

τ²-bench93.9%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • GPT-5.5: reported APEX score rose from 38.5% to 55.1% (+43%)benchmark · Sep 22, 2026
  • GPT-5.5: reported AIME 2024/2025 score fell from 100.0% to 84.4% (-16%)benchmark · Sep 4, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is 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.

Who created GPT-5.5?

GPT-5.5 is an AI model developed by OpenAI, part of the GPT family, released Apr 23, 2026.

How much does GPT-5.5 cost?

GPT-5.5's list price from OpenAI is $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens.

What is GPT-5.5's context window?

GPT-5.5 supports a context window of up to 1.1M tokens.

How does GPT-5.5 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GPT-5.5 scores 84.7% on Terminal-Bench, 51.7% on FrontierMath, 80.6% on SWE-bench Verified.

Is GPT-5.5 open source?

GPT-5.5 is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Sep 22, 2026.