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GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.5

GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 are both OpenAI models. On list price, GPT-5.5 charges 2x GPT-5.4's input price ($5 vs $2.50 per 1M tokens), and GPT-5.5 charges 2x GPT-5.4's output price ($30 vs $15 per 1M tokens). GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 both have a 1,050,000-token context window, and both return up to 128,000 output tokens per response. GPT-5.4 was released on March 5, 2026 and GPT-5.5 on April 24, 2026. Both are closed-weights models, available only through an API.

Last verified from each provider's pricing page. All sources

OpenAI - Closed

GPT-5.4
Input / 1M
$2.50
Output / 1M
$15
Context
1.05M

OpenAI - Closed

GPT-5.5
Input / 1M
$5
Output / 1M
$30
Context
1.05M

Side-by-side specs

SpecGPT-5.4GPT-5.5
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Input / 1M tokens$2.50$5
Output / 1M tokens$15$30
Cache read / 1M$0.25$0.50
Batch input / 1M$1.25$2.50
Batch output / 1M$7.50$15
Long-context rates above272,000 tokens272,000 tokens
Context window1,050,0001,050,000
Max output128,000128,000
Release date
WeightsClosedClosed
API model idgpt-5.4gpt-5.5
AI Gateway idopenai/gpt-5.4openai/gpt-5.5
Last verified

Prices in USD per 1M tokens at each provider's standard first-party rate. A dash means the provider does not bill that item separately or no primary page states it.

What each costs in practice

The same three workloads every model page uses, worked from each model's standard list rates. Swap in your own token counts with the math on each model's page.

WorkloadGPT-5.4GPT-5.5
One agent session1M input tokens and 100K output tokens, no caching.$4.00$8.00
A chat app10,000 requests a day at 2K input and 500 output tokens each.$125.00$3,750.00 per 30-day month$250.00$7,500.00 per 30-day month
The same session at a 90% cache hit90% of the input is read from the prompt cache. The one-time cache write premium is not included.$1.98$3.95
Show the math

GPT-5.4

  • One agent sessionInput: 1M x $2.50 = $2.50Output: 0.1M x $15 = $1.50
  • A chat appInput: 20M x $2.50 = $50.00Output: 5M x $15 = $75.00
  • The same session at a 90% cache hitCached input: 0.9M x $0.25 = $0.225Uncached input: 0.1M x $2.50 = $0.25Output: 0.1M x $15 = $1.50

GPT-5.5

  • One agent sessionInput: 1M x $5 = $5.00Output: 0.1M x $30 = $3.00
  • A chat appInput: 20M x $5 = $100.00Output: 5M x $30 = $150.00
  • The same session at a 90% cache hitCached input: 0.9M x $0.50 = $0.45Uncached input: 0.1M x $5 = $0.50Output: 0.1M x $30 = $3.00

Benchmarks under the same setting

Only boards that list both models under the same run setting appear here, one row per board and setting, with each score exactly as the board shows it. Scores on different boards use different scales and are never combined.

Board and settingGPT-5.4GPT-5.5
AIME 2026 (MathArena)MathArena harness, 4 runs per problem, xhigh effortOfficial leaderboard - matharena.ai99.17%100.00%
tau3-Banking (tau-knowledge)tau3-Banking leaderboard, banking_knowledge pass^1; standard submission by Sierra; reasoning effort: xhigh; retrieval config: alltools; user simulator gpt-5.2Official leaderboard - taubench.com39.4%44.6%

Set them up in your tools

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Model pages

FAQ

How do GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 compare on price?

On list price, GPT-5.5 charges 2x GPT-5.4's input price ($5 vs $2.50 per 1M tokens), and GPT-5.5 charges 2x GPT-5.4's output price ($30 vs $15 per 1M tokens). For one agent session of 1M input and 100K output tokens with no caching, that is $4.00 on GPT-5.4 and $8.00 on GPT-5.5. Prices are each provider's first-party list rates, verified October 17, 2026 and October 17, 2026.

What are the context windows of GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5?

GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 both have a 1,050,000-token context window, and both return up to 128,000 output tokens per response.

Are GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 open weights?

GPT-5.4 is closed-weights and is called through OpenAI's API as gpt-5.4. GPT-5.5 is closed-weights and is called through OpenAI's API as gpt-5.5.

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Sources

GPT-5.4 verified from developers.openai.com; GPT-5.5 verified from developers.openai.com. This page is as current as the older of the two: .

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