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GPT-5.5 Instant

GPT-5.5 Instant is a model by OpenAI for reasoning, it stands 28th of 152 on LMArena · Vision, and one seller in the catalogue publishes a price for it.

text + image → text · made by OpenAI

$5$30per Mtok in / out
OpenAI

Sold by 2 ways

SellerLaneRate
OpenAI apibatch$2.5per Mtok in$15per Mtok out$0.25per Mtok cacheddevelopers.openai.com · read 2026-08-25
OpenAI apistandard$5per Mtok in$30per Mtok out$0.5per Mtok cacheddevelopers.openai.com · read 2026-08-25

Measured 11 standings

PlaceBoardMetricScore
28thof 152LMArena · VisionScore (Elo)1278
32ndof 402LMArena · TextScore (Elo)1474
55thof 62Frontiermath tier 4 v2 — Epoch AImean_score2.439
66thof 106Frontiermath tiers 1 3 v2 — Epoch AImean_score26.316
71stof 168Scicode — Epoch AIScore48.611
83rdof 302Artificial Analysis · Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis Intelligence Index27
107thof 313GPQA Diamondmean_score82.513
127thof 222Chess puzzles — Epoch AImean_score12
140thof 290OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025mean_score68.056
169thof 177Critpt — Epoch AIAccuracy0
381stof 656Epoch capabilities index — Epoch AIECI Score142.52

About

GPT-5.5 Instant — a text model from OpenAI, sold by one company from $5 in and $30 out per million tokens, placed 32nd of 402 on LMArena · Text.

It takes text and images and returns text, with a context window of 400,000 tokens. It was published in May 2026, trained on material up to December 2025. Its sellers say it can reason step by step and call a tool. The catalogue files it under reasoning. Only OpenAI sells it, at $5 in and $30 out per million tokens. Beside the standard rate there is a batch lane. It has been measured on 11 boards, and stands best at 32nd of 402 on LMArena · Text.

Every current figure

Maker
OpenAI
Register
model
Takes
text + image
Returns
text
Context
400,000 tokens
Longest answer
128,000 tokens
Published
May 2026
Knowledge to
December 2025
Licence
not read
Sellers
1
Price
$5 in and $30 out per million tokens — OpenAI
Boards
11
Best place
32nd of 402 — LMArena · Text

Known as 1 name

gpt-5.5-instant