GPT-5 vs GPT-5.5 Pro vs GPT-5.5

Best cell per row highlighted. Null means undisclosed — never counted as zero.

OpenAI
GPT-5GA
6.5
AI Panel
OpenAI
GPT-5.5 ProGA
7.7
AI Panel
OpenAI
GPT-5.5GA
8.7
AI Panel

Identity & lifecycle

ProviderOpenAIOpenAIOpenAI
Family / tierGPT-5 · ProGPT-5 · ProGPT-5 · Pro
StatusGAGAGA
Released2025-08-062026-04-232026-04-22
Knowledge cutoff2024-092025-122025-12

Architecture & context

Context window400K1.1M1.1M
Max output tokens128K128K128K
Input modalitiestext, imagetext, imagetext, image
Reasoning modeoptionalalwaysoptional
Open weightsNoNoNo

Pricing (per Mtok)

Input$1.25$30$5
Output$10$180$30
Cached input$0.125$0.5
Batch input$0.625$15$2.5
Free tierNoNoNo

Speed

Output speed (tok/s)9068.7
Time to first token (s)164
Latency tiermediumslowslow

Trust & deployment

Trains on inputsNoNoNo
LicenseProprietaryProprietaryProprietary
CloudsAzure OpenAI, Azure AI FoundryAzure OpenAI, Azure AI FoundryAzure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry
ComplianceSOC2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAASOC2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAASOC2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA

AI Panel scoring

Unified score6.57.78.7
Decision Maker689
Domain Strategist6.57.58.8
Finance Lead667
Domain Practitioner779.2
Power User789
Skeptic6.577.8
Value score756.5

Benchmarks

MMLU-Pro92.4
GPQA Diamond89.49493.6
AIME 202594.6
SWE-bench Verified74.98988.7
Aider Polyglot88
MMMU84.281.2
TAU-bench98
Terminal-Bench82.7
MRCR Long Context74
Humanity's Last Exam4241.4
LMArena Elo1476
Artificial Analysis Index60

Scores link to their sources. Missing cells mean the vendor hasn't disclosed a result — honesty over padding.