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GPT-5vsGPT-5.5 Pro
GPT-5.5 Pro leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. GPT-5 is 18.7x cheaper per token. GPT-5.5 Pro has the larger context window (1.1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
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GPT-5.5 Pro leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-5
18.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.5 Pro
1.1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
95.3216%
OpenAI
GPT-5
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI · released 2026-04-23
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 6 only GPT-5 · 6 only GPT-5.5 Pro| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.5 Pro | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 22% ↗epoch | 78% ↗epoch | -56 pt | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 55.4% ↗epoch | 87.7% ↗epoch | -32.3 pt | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| Only GPT-5 reports · 6 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 86.2% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 94.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 91.4% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 50.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 73.6% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5.5 Pro reports · 6 | ||||
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | not reported | 43.1% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp | not reported | 90.1% ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 1-3 | not reported | 52.4% ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | not reported | 39.6% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPval (wins or ties) | not reported | 82.3% ↗ | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | not reported | 57.2% ↗ | — | — |
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 minus GPT-5.5 Pro 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-5 | GPT-5.5 Pro | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 400K tokens | 1.1M tokens | GPT-5.5 Pro |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens | Tie |
| Input price / 1M | $1.25 ↗ | $30 ↗ | GPT-5 |
| Output price / 1M | $10 ↗ | $180 ↗ | GPT-5 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.125 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $11.25 | $210 | GPT-5 |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-08-07 | 2026-04-23 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 9 | 8 | — |
Reliability
OpenAI status
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