GPT/Flagship

GPT 5.5

GPT 5.5 is GPT's most capable model, priced at $5.00/MTok input and $30.00/MTok output with a 1.1M context window.

Input $/MTok

$5.00

Output $/MTok

$30.00

Context window

1.1M

Cache read discount

90% off

GPT 5.5 pricing breakdown

RateInput $/MTokOutput $/MTok
Standard$5.00$30.00
Cached read (90% off input)$0.50-
Cached write (no surcharge)$5.00-
Batch (50% off)$2.50$15.00
Long context (≥272.001K tokens)$10.00$45.00

All rates in USD per million tokens. Prices verified against provider documentation.

GPT 5.5 task benchmarks

Confidence scores (0-100) and cross-provider rank for each task type. Rank 1 is best across all 88 models.

TaskConfidenceRank
Code Generation65/100#9
Code Review90/100#3
Summarization70/100#11
Q&A90/100#2
Extraction78/100#2
Reasoning90/100#8
Classification85/100#3
Creative Writing73/100#14

GPT 5.5 cost by use case

Estimated cost per API call using default token counts for each workload.

Use caseInput tokensOutput tokensCost / call
Code Generation2,0004,000$0.1300
Unit Test Generation3,0005,000$0.1650
SQL Generation1,5001,000$0.0375
API Generation3,0006,000$0.1950
Code Refactoring4,0004,000$0.1400
Code Review5,0002,000$0.0850
PR Review8,0003,000$0.1300
Security Review6,0002,500$0.1050
Bug Detection5,0002,000$0.0850
Document Summarization10,0001,000$0.0800
PDF Summarization15,0001,500$0.1200
Meeting Notes8,0002,000$0.1000

Monthly cost projections

Projected monthly spend at different call volumes, using code generation as a representative workload (2,000 input / 4,000 output tokens per call).

Calls / monthWithout cachingWith caching (90% read discount)
1K$130$123.7
10K$1,300$1,237
100K$13,000$12,370
500K$65,000$61,850
1M$130,000$123,700

Caching estimate assumes 70% of input tokens are cache reads. Your actual cache hit rate will depend on prompt structure and reuse.

Flagship alternatives to GPT 5.5

Same-tier models from other providers, sorted by input price.

ModelProviderInput $/MTokOutput $/MTokInput savings
MiniMax M3MiniMax$0.30$1.2094% cheaper
DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek$0.66$1.9887% cheaper
Grok 4.6Grok$2.00$6.0060% cheaper
Grok 4.5Grok$2.00$6.0060% cheaper
Grok 4.7Grok$2.00$6.0060% cheaper
Qwen 3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)$2.00$6.0060% cheaper
Kimi K3Moonshot (Kimi)$3.00$15.0040% cheaper
Claude Opus 5.5Claude$4.00$20.0020% cheaper
Claude Opus 4.8Claude$5.00$25.00Same price
Claude Opus 5Claude$5.00$25.00Same price
Claude Opus 4.7Claude$5.00$25.00Same price
Claude Opus 4.6Claude$5.00$25.00Same price
Claude Opus 4.5Claude$5.00$25.00Same price
Claude Fable 5.1Claude$10.00$50.00100% more
Claude Fable 5Claude$10.00$50.00100% more
Claude Mythos 5.1Claude$10.00$50.00100% more
Claude Mythos 5Claude$10.00$50.00100% more

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Flagship / $2.00 in / $10.00 out

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Mid-tier / $2.00 in / $8.00 out

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Mid-tier / $2.50 in / $15.00 out

GPT 4o

Mid-tier / $2.50 in / $10.00 out

GPT 5.6 Sol

Flagship / $4.00 in / $20.00 out

GPT 4o (2024-05-13)

Flagship / $5.00 in / $15.00 out

GPT 4 Turbo (2024-04-09)

Flagship / $10.00 in / $30.00 out

GPT 4 Turbo

Flagship / $10.00 in / $30.00 out

GPT 6 Astra

Flagship / $10.00 in / $50.00 out

GPT 5 Pro

Flagship / $15.00 in / $120.00 out

o1

Flagship / $15.00 in / $60.00 out

o3 Pro

Flagship / $20.00 in / $80.00 out

GPT 5.2 Pro

Flagship / $21.00 in / $168.00 out

GPT 4 (0613)

Flagship / $30.00 in / $60.00 out

GPT 4

Flagship / $30.00 in / $60.00 out

GPT 5.4 Pro

Flagship / $30.00 in / $180.00 out

GPT 5.5 Pro

Flagship / $30.00 in / $180.00 out

o1 Pro

Flagship / $150.00 in / $600.00 out

GPT 5.5 pricing history

Input decreased

$6.00 to $5.00/MTok

Jun 1, 2026

Input decreased

$7.50 to $6.00/MTok

May 15, 2026

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