GPT-5.5

openai/gpt-5.5-20260423

OpenAI's GPT-5.5, released on 2026-04-23, processes file, image, and text inputs and outputs text. It supports tools and reasoning, has a context length of 1,050,000 tokens, and is not provided with open weights. Pricing is $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning

At a glance

provideropenai
releasedMar 5, 2026
context1.1M
input / M$5

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
1.1M tokens
Max output
128K tokens
Input price
$5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$30 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.50 / 1M tokens
Modalities
file, image, text → text
Knowledge cutoff
Dec 1, 2025
Released
Mar 5, 2026

Measured evidence

Public benchmark record

Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Coding
1286 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Coding
1286 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Coding
1286 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Coding
1286 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Coding
1279 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Coding
1286 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Coding
1279 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Coding
1278 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Coding
1278 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Coding
1279 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-09-05
Design Arena Coding
1279 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-09-06
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Coding
1281 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Coding
1279 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Coding
1278 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena UI
1290 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena UI
1291 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena UI
1290 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena UI
1291 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena UI
1290 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena UI
1292 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena UI
1292 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena UI
1293 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena UI
1289 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena UI
1293 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena UI
1294 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena UI
1287 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena UI
1292 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena UI
1292 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena UI
1290 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena UI
1291 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena UI
1284 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena UI
1290 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena UI
1285 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena UI
1289 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena UI
1290 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena UI
1284 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena UI
1285 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena UI
1284 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena UI
1280 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena UI
1285 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena UI
1279 Elo2026-09-05
Design Arena UI
1283 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena UI
1281 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena UI
1282 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena UI
1281 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena UI
1283 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena UI
1283 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena UI
1282 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena UI
1279 Elo2026-09-06
Design Arena UI
1281 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena UI
1282 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena UI
1282 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena UI
1281 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena UI
1280 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena UI
1278 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena UI
1278 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1166 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1166 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1165 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1165 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1166 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1167 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1166 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1165 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1159 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1167 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1167 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1154 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1165 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1157 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1165 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1154 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1166 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1156 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1157 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1156 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1155 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1154 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1148 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1154 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1158 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1158 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-09-05
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1152 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1153 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1153 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1148 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1148 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1149 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1149 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-09-06
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1148 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1148 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Website
1281 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Website
1277 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Website
1281 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Website
1269 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Website
1278 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Website
1271 Elo2026-09-05
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Website
1277 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Website
1269 Elo2026-09-06
Design Arena Website
1276 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Website
1275 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Website
1275 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Website
1275 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Website
1274 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Website
1271 Elo2026-09-04
LiveBench Coding
82.2%2026-06-25
LiveBench Language
87.4%2026-06-25
LiveBench Math
95.9%2026-06-25
LiveBench Reasoning
89.7%2026-06-25
LMArena Agent
7.22026-07-13
LMArena Agent
7.72026-07-20
LMArena Agent
8.62026-07-27
LMArena Agent
8.42026-07-21
LMArena Agent
8.52026-07-28
LMArena Agent
8.52026-08-03
LMArena Agent
8.52026-08-06
LMArena Agent
8.82026-08-12
LMArena Agent
8.72026-08-11
LMArena Agent
8.92026-08-13
LMArena Agent
8.62026-08-24
LMArena Agent
7.92026-08-31
LMArena Agent
7.22026-09-05
LMArena Agent
7.92026-08-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1450 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1451 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1451 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Creative Writing
1453 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Creative Writing
1453 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Creative Writing
1454 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Creative Writing
1453 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Creative Writing
1455 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1455 Elo2026-09-02
LMArena Creative Writing
1455 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1455 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Long Query
1481 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Long Query
1481 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Long Query
1481 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Long Query
1482 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Long Query
1482 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Long Query
1483 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Long Query
1483 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Long Query
1483 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Long Query
1485 Elo2026-09-02
LMArena Long Query
1484 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Long Query
1485 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Math
1482 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Math
1482 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Math
1482 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Math
1485 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Math
1485 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Math
1485 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Math
1484 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Math
1484 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Math
1485 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Math
1488 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Text
1470 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena Text
1491 Elo2026-07-20
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Text
1481 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-09-02
LMArena Text
1482 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Vision
1297 Elo2026-07-12
LMArena Vision
1286 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Vision
1287 Elo2026-07-26
LMArena Vision
1287 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Vision
1287 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Vision
1286 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Vision
1285 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Vision
1286 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena WebDev
1507 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena WebDev
1507 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena WebDev
1505 Elo2026-07-24
LMArena WebDev
1507 Elo2026-07-28
LMArena WebDev
1507 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-01
LMArena WebDev
1508 Elo2026-07-31
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena WebDev
1509 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena WebDev
1508 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena WebDev
1507 Elo2026-08-14
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-09-05
LMArena WebDev
1508 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena WebDev
1510 Elo2026-08-30
OSWorld Verified
13%2026-06-24xhigh effort
SWE-rebench
62.7% ± 0.92026-05-15tools
Terminal-Bench 2.1
83.2% ± 1.12026-05-01xhigh effort

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Task evidence

How broad is the support?

Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.

  • Best LLM for Competition MathEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Business WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Marketing CopyEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Creative WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Frontend & UIEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Math & ReasoningEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 90% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Agentic CodingEstablished evidence

    86% of intended weighted task evidence across 5 independent sources. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for CodingEstablished evidence

    84% of intended weighted task evidence across 5 independent sources. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsEstablished evidence

    82% of intended weighted task evidence across 5 independent sources. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Code CompletionEstablished evidence

    81% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 70% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for AI AgentsEstablished evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 5 independent sources. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 67% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 65% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Local LLM for CodingEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Fast SummariesEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Value LLMEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Hermes AgentEstablished evidence

    62% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenHandsEstablished evidence

    62% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for GooseEstablished evidence

    62% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenClawEstablished evidence

    62% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 60% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for SummarizationEstablished evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence

    55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LongBench v2. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OCR & DocumentsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Charts & DiagramsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Document ParsingProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 39% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Structured-output eval. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 39% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Structured-output eval. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 35% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Search. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 31% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability or Structured-output eval. 2 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Search. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Grounded RAGProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from CRAG or FACTS Grounding. 2 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

Recommendation coverage

Where this model appears

Not currently included in a published recommendation. The task evidence panel above says exactly what is confirmed and what is still missing.

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