GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026)

By OpenAI · released 2026-05-05 (5 months) · snapshot 2026-10-24

Not ranked · benchmark data missingproprietary
Intelligence index
22.70
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
$5.00 / $30.0
Better than…

Is GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026) on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?

Not ranked · benchmark data missing

GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026) does not report both selected axis metrics.

At a glance

GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026) today

Context window400k
Input modalitiesText, Image
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Incomplete benchmark data

Intelligence and benchmark cost are both required to place this model on the frontier. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Intelligence index
22.70
Benchmark cost
Not reported
Input / 1M tokens
5.00
Output / 1M tokens
30.00
Context window
400k

Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: gpt-5-5-instant-05-26.

Matchup

Compare head to head

Deciding

Should you use GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026)?

Should you use GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026)?

No verdict: it does not report both intelligence and benchmark cost.

What is better and cheaper than GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026)?

Other models on the intelligence-vs-cost frontier

How much does GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026) cost?

$5.00/$30 in/out per 1M tokens, and - to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.

Frontier membership by axis pair

Other axis pairs where GPT-5.5 Instant (May 2026) is Pareto-optimal.

Y axisX axisOn the frontier
AA intelligence indexAA total cost to run (USD)no data
AA intelligence indexEnd-to-end total secondsno data
AA intelligence indexOutput speed tokens/secno data
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