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GPT-5.5 API Pricing

Flagship model, "a new class of intelligence for coding and professional work." Knowledge cutoff Dec 1 2025. Batch: $2.50/$15.00 per MTok, cached batch input $0.25.

Verified against OpenAI’s pricing page on 2026-07-02.

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Facts

Specs

  • FamilyGPT-5
  • API IDgpt-5.5
  • ModalityMultimodal
  • Context window1.1M tokens
  • Max output128K tokens
  • Release date2026-04-23

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

  • Input$5.00 / 1M tokens
  • Output$30.00 / 1M tokens
  • Cached input$0.50 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write
  • Batch discount50%

Capabilities

vision, tool-use, reasoning, function-calling, structured-outputs, streaming

Notes

Flagship model, "a new class of intelligence for coding and professional work." Knowledge cutoff Dec 1 2025. Batch: $2.50/$15.00 per MTok, cached batch input $0.25.

Worked cost examples

Estimated monthly cost on three common usage shapes

WorkloadEst. monthly cost

Chatbot

800 input / 200 output tokens per request, 100,000 requests/month

$1,000

RAG pipeline

6,000 input / 700 output tokens per request, 30,000 requests/month

$1,530

Batch summarization

20,000 input / 1,500 output tokens per request, 5,000 requests/month

$725.00

Price history

Changes we have documented since we began tracking

No price changes recorded since we began tracking.

GPT-5.5 pricing FAQ

How much does GPT-5.5 cost per 1M tokens?
GPT-5.5 costs $5.00 per 1M input tokens and $30.00 per 1M output tokens.
How much does GPT-5.5 cost per request?
A typical request of 800 input and 200 output tokens costs about $0.01 on GPT-5.5.
Is GPT-5.5 cheaper than GPT-5.4?
GPT-5.5 is more expensive than GPT-5.4 on input tokens, by about 100%.
Does GPT-5.5 have cache pricing?
Yes — cached input reads cost $0.50 per 1M tokens.