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GPT-5.5 Pro

OpenAI · released 23 Apr 2026 · proprietary API

The extra-compute tier of GPT-5.5: it spends more tokens thinking before answering, and OpenAI warns a request may take several minutes and should use background mode.

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1.05M

1,050,000 tokens

Input price

$30

per 1M tokens

Output price

$180

per 1M tokens

Blended

$67.50

3:1 in:out mix

Weights

Proprietary

API only

Released

23 Apr 2026

OpenAI

Long-context / tier pricingResponses and Batch APIs only; reasoning effort medium/high/xhigh. OpenAI publishes no cached-input rate for this model. Listed prices are the base rate for prompts up to ~200K tokens.

Where it ranks

Of 40 models tracked.

Cost to run

#40

of 40

Input price

#40

of 40

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#1(tied)

of 40

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Compare with

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Specs from BitByteCore's hand-verified Frontier Ledger (v2026-09-23), this row verified 22 Sep 2026 against OpenAI's official pricing. Model pricing moves fast, so confirm with OpenAI before you rely on a figure.