GPT-5 nano vs GPT-5.5 Pro

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

OpenAI
GPT-5 nanoGA
6.4
AI Panel
OpenAI
GPT-5.5 ProGA
7.7
AI Panel

Identity & lifecycle

ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Family / tierGPT-5 · nanoGPT-5 · Pro
StatusGAGA
Released2025-08-062026-04-23
Knowledge cutoff2024-052025-12

Architecture & context

Context window400K1.1M
Max output tokens128K128K
Input modalitiestext, imagetext, image
Reasoning modeoptionalalways
Open weightsNoNo

Pricing (per Mtok)

Input$0.05$30
Output$0.4$180
Cached input$0.005
Batch input$0.025$15
Free tierNoNo

Speed

Output speed (tok/s)220
Time to first token (s)0.4
Latency tierfastslow

Trust & deployment

Trains on inputsNoNo
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
CloudsAzure OpenAI, Azure AI FoundryAzure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry
ComplianceSOC2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAASOC2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA

AI Panel scoring

Unified score6.47.7
Decision Maker68
Domain Strategist67.5
Finance Lead96
Domain Practitioner67
Power User68
Skeptic67
Value score95

Benchmarks

GPQA Diamond94
SWE-bench Verified89

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