GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026)
By OpenAI · released 2026-06-25 (3 months) · snapshot 2026-10-24
- Intelligence index
- 26.00
- Cost to run the AA index
- $1184
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $5.00 / $30.0
- End-to-end time
- 17.3s
Is GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026) on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback), smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026) | OpenAI | 26.00 | $1184 | 17.3s | 2026-06-25 | ||
| 2 | GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) | OpenAI | 51.80 | $1082 | 220.5s | 2026-09-29 | Frontier | |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 53.60 | $2172 | 33.8s | 2026-09-22 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026) today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: gpt-5-5-instant-06-26.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
What the GPT-5.5 Instant release did to the frontier on 2026-06-25
None of its 1 effort levels reached the frontier at launch.
Closest miss: GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026), 0.0 points below MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) at 5.1× the cost.
Should you use GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026)?
Should you use GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026)?
Only when it fits your setup: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026) is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026)?
GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026) cost?
$5.00/$30 in/out per 1M tokens, and $1184 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026) on the Pareto frontier?
No: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where GPT-5.5 Instant (June 2026) is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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