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OpenAI: GPT-5.5

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OpenAI: GPT-5.5 is a large language model from OpenAI. It costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens. Its context window is 1.1M tokens.

ReasoningTool callingStructured outputPrompt cachingBatch tierfile inputimage input
Input / 1M tokens
$5.00
Output / 1M tokens
$30.00
Cached input / 1M
$0.500

On repeated prefixes

Context window
1.1M

tokens

This model also charges $0.01 per search request

That is $10.00 per 1,000 requests, billed on top of the token prices above. On a typical 1,000-in / 500-out exchange the tokens cost $0.02, so the search fee is 50% on top. Per-token rankings elsewhere ignore this entirely.

Who serves it cheapest

3 hosts serve GPT-5.5. Same weights, same API - the price difference is pure margin and routing.

Providers serving OpenAI: GPT-5.5, cheapest first
ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MContextThroughputUptime 24h
OpenAICheapest$2.50$15.001.1M-100.0%
Azure$5.00$30.001.1M-99.9%
Amazon Bedrock$5.50$33.001.1M--

The spread between OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock is 2.2× for identical weights. Quantization and context limits differ, so check both columns before switching.

Benchmarks

Independent scores published alongside the catalogue.

Intelligence index
38.6
Coding index
74.9
Agentic index
37.3

About 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. It features a 1M+ token...

Specifications

OpenAI: GPT-5.5 specifications
Model IDopenai/gpt-5.5
ProviderOpenAI
Context window1.1M tokens
Max output128K tokens
Input modalitiesfile, image, text
Output modalitiestext
Knowledge cutoff2025-12-01
Open weightsNo
ReleasedApril 24, 2026

Cheaper alternatives

Models that cost less than GPT-5.5 while keeping at least half its context window and every input modality it supports.

Frequently asked

How much does OpenAI: GPT-5.5 cost?

$5.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens. Cached input reads cost $0.500 per million tokens.

What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5.5?

1.1M tokens, with up to 128K tokens of output per request.

Does OpenAI: GPT-5.5 have extra fees beyond per-token pricing?

Yes. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 charges $0.01 per search request - $10.00 per 1,000 requests - on top of $5.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens. On a typical 1,000-input / 500-output exchange the search fee alone is 50% on top.

Which provider serves OpenAI: GPT-5.5 cheapest?

OpenAI at $2.50 per million input tokens - 2.2× cheaper than Amazon Bedrock, the most expensive of the 3 hosts serving it.

Confirm against the source: OpenAI official pricing.