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GPT-5.5vsGPT-5 mini

GPT-5.5 leads 4 of 5 shared benchmarks. GPT-5 mini is 15.6x cheaper per token. GPT-5.5 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
4 – 1
GPT-5.5 leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-5 mini
15.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.5
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
95.2239%
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
OpenAI · released 2026-04-23
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$5
Output /1M
$30
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
21 · 10 core
GPT-5 mini
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Context
400K
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$0.25
Output /1M
$2
Cached /1M
$0.025
Scores
9 · 8 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGPT-5.5GPT-5 miniΔEdge
Reported by both · 5
GPQA Diamond90.7% epoch81.6% +9.1 ptGPT-5.5
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)72.5% epoch12.2% epoch+60.3 ptGPT-5.5
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)85.3% epoch46.7% epoch+38.6 ptGPT-5.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)84.4% epoch86.7% epoch-2.3 ptGPT-5 mini
SimpleQA Verified63% epoch21.6% epoch+41.4 ptGPT-5.5
Only GPT-5.5 reports · 16
AIME 2026100% matharenanot reported
LMArena Elo1465.6 not reported
ARC-AGI-1 (Verified)95% not reported
ARC-AGI-2 (Verified)85% not reported
BrowseComp84.4% not reported
FrontierMath Tier 1-351.7% not reported
FrontierMath Tier 435.4% not reported
GDPval (wins or ties)84.9% not reported
MCP Atlas75.3% not reported
MMMU-Pro (no tools)81.2% not reported
MMMU-Pro (with tools)83.2% not reported
OSWorld-Verified78.7% not reported
SWE-Bench Pro58.6% not reported
Tau2-bench Telecom98% not reported
Terminal-Bench 2.082.7% not reported
Toolathlon55.6% not reported
Only GPT-5 mini reports · 3
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported71%
AIME 2025not reported87.5% matharena
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)not reported64.7% epoch
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-5.5 minus GPT-5 mini in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecGPT-5.5GPT-5 miniEdge
Context window1M tokens400K tokensGPT-5.5
Max output128K tokens128K tokensTie
Input price / 1M$5 $0.25 GPT-5 mini
Output price / 1M$30 $2 GPT-5 mini
Cached input / 1M$0.5 $0.025 GPT-5 mini
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$35$2.25GPT-5 mini
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2026-04-232025-08-07
Cited benchmark scores219
Reliability

OpenAI status

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