GPT-5.5 vs GPT-5 Pro

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

openai · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$5.00
Output / 1M
$30.00
AA index
38.4
proprietary · 1.0M context
openai · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$15.00
Output / 1M
$120.00
AA index
—
proprietary · 400K context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification GPT-5.5 GPT-5 Pro
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 1,050,000 400,000
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $5.00 $15.00
API output price / 1M tokens $30.00 $120.00
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $35.00 $135.00
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.50 —
AA Intelligence Index 38.4 —
AA Coding Index 74.9 —
AA Agentic Index 36.4 —
Max output tokens 128,000 128,000
API providers 3 1
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

GPT-5.5 $35.00
GPT-5 Pro $135.00

GPT-5.5 is 3.9× cheaper at list price.

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