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GPT-5.5
CLOSEDOpenAI · GPT-5.5 family · released Apr 23, 2026
Codename Spud; ChatGPT/Codex launched Apr 23, 2026 with API following ~1 day later once safeguards were finalized.
ReasoningCodingVisionFunction callingTool useAgentic
2680.9
Elo · rank #8
Parameters
Undisclosed
Active params
—
Context
1.05M tokens
Architecture
Undisclosed architecture (presumed dense transformer, reasoning-tuned); codename "Spud"; Thinking + Pro tiers
License
Proprietary
Languages
—
API price (in/out)
$5 / $30
Modalities
text · vision
Benchmark results
Bar shows position within the tracked field; marker = field best
best: GPT-5.6 · 92.5%
best: Kimi K3 · 91.2%
best: GPT-5.6 · 84.5%
best: GPT-5.6 · 89.0%
best: GPT-5.6 · 83.0%
best: Seed 2.1 Pro · 87.9%
best: GPT-5.6 · 94.6%
best: Claude Sonnet 5 · 57.4%
best: DeepSeek-V4-Pro (Think Max) · 93.5%
best: Claude Fable 5 · 85.0%
best: Claude Fable 5 · 80.0%
best: Claude Fable 5 · 95.0%
best: Claude Opus 4.6 · 99.3%
best: GPT-5.6 · 88.8%
Run it locally
Closed weights — available via API only. No local deployment.
Input / M tok
$5
Output / M tok
$30
GPT-5.5 family
Elo progression across releases
API price $5/$30 · each benchmark row carries its own source badge (see methodology)