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GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh)

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

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Canonical slug: gpt-5-5-pro · Canonical model registry at build time

Input Price

$0.00

Output Price

$0.00

Executive Assessment

Routing Verdict & Tradeoffs

Ethen Routing Verdict

General purpose assistant

Analysis of OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more.

Route complex or high-value tasks here when the extra capability justifies the cost.

Task Fit Assessment

WorkloadRatingNotes
Cost-sensitive pipelinesoptimalOutput pricing at $0.00 is very competitive for high-volume workloads.

Cost Pressure Analysis

Low

Pricing is competitive — input $0.00, output $0.00. Suitable for sustained production use.

Technical Specifications

Architecture and Limits

SpecificationValueValidation Authority
Model typeProprietaryinferred
ReasoningYesfaq
Input modalitiesGPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) supports text and image input.faq
Output modalitiesGPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) supports text output.faq
Context window920k tokensfaq
Open weights / sourceNo, GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.faq
ParametersGPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) is a proprietary model and OpenAI has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.faq

Evidence charts

Profile visualizations

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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 5656AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 5454AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (max): 5353AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)GPT-5.5 (high): 5353AIGPT-5.5 (high)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 5151AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)GPT-5.5 (medium): 5050AIGPT-5.5 (medium)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 Flash

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Retrieved 2026-07-08

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 5656AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 5454AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (max): 5353AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)GPT-5.5 (high): 5353AIGPT-5.5 (high)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 5151AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)GPT-5.5 (medium): 5050AIGPT-5.5 (medium)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 Flash

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0500k1M1.5M2MGPT-5.4 (xhigh): 1.1M1.1MAIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 1M1MAClaude Opus 4.8 (max)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 1M1MAClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (max): 1M1MAClaude Sonnet 5 (max)GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh)

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

00.51Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 0.20.2AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (max): 0.10.1AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max): 0.10.1AClaude Sonnet 4.6 (max)GPT-5.5 (high): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (high)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (medium): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (medium)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (low): 00AIGPT-5.5 (low)Qwen3.7 Max: 00QQwen3.7 Max

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0100200300400Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 317317AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 292292AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max): 149149AClaude Sonnet 4.6 (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (high): 119119AIGPT-5.5 (high)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (medium): 9999AIGPT-5.5 (medium)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 8989AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (low): 6565AIGPT-5.5 (low)Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 4949GGemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Retrieved 2026-07-08

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

Retrieval date:
2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0250k500k750k1MClaude Opus 4.8 (max): 3131AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 3131AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max): 1818AClaude Sonnet 4.6 (max)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 1818AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 1414GGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClaude Sonnet 5 (max): 1212AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 1212AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.7 Max: 1010QQwen3.7 MaxGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)cache Hitinputoutput

Methodology

Methodology & Provenance

This page is rendered from the normalized profile and page JSON for GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh).

Benchmark values are preserved as normalized; only layout, disclosure ordering, and typography are adjusted for readability.

Frequently Asked Questions

Model FAQs & Technical Disclosures

GPT-5.5 Pro (xhigh) was released on April 23, 2026.

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