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OpenAI GPT-5.5
openai·openai/openai-gpt-5.5·GA·Closed·gpt series
Frontier GPT model for professional reasoning, coding, and multimodal work
At a glance
Reference price$5.00 / $30.00 per 1M
Cache read $0.50 · DigitalOcean
Lowest paid$5.00 / $30.00
DigitalOcean Cloud
Context1,000,000
Output limit128,000
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured outputTemperature✓ Attachments
Modalities
TextImage
Knowledge cutoff2025-12-01
Released / updated2026-04-23 / 2026-04-30
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 1 providers1 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Cloud | $5.00 tiered >272K: $10.00 | $30.00 | $0.50 | — | 1,000,000 | 128,000 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1DigitalOcean$1,960.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
effort = noneeffort = loweffort = mediumeffort = higheffort = xhigh
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended