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GPT-4o vs GPT-5.5

Head to head on 15 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5.5

OpenAI

68.4%51.7%76.8%13.7%46.1%84.7%82.5%73.0%87.7%88.6%68.8%47.3%75.0%49.2%69.3%----86.2%54.2%12.9%-36.2%-86.0%90.0%100.0%-1315elo1844elo78.234.0%51.8%5.7%44.8%24.9%1769elo15.1%-51.8%2.1%-81.1%96.3%87.7%--92.8%49.1%-86.9%78.7%-45.3%100.0%50.0%51.5%-4.2-58.6%-75.7%83.4%-57.4%68.1%69.8%-61.9%
GPT-4o

OpenAI

45.9%0.3%54.3%2.4%34.3%55.1%46.1%70.1%49.0%74.8%57.4%33.3%74.5%8.3%25.1%18.2%15.0%6.0%38---0.0%-0.33---6.1%----------96.1--0.0%---30.9%75.9%--10.8%--54.0%----5.71-21.6%-61.2--0.98---32.5%33.4%
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AttributeGPT-4o

OpenAI

GPT-5.5

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4o is an AI model from OpenAI.GPT-5.5 is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPTGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released20 Nov 202423 Apr 2026
Context128,0001,050,000
Input $/1M$2.50$5.00
Output $/1M$10.00$30.00
Cache read $/1M$1.250$0.500
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, filefile, image, text
Providers--
PublisherOpenAIOpenAI
Reported scores
Taubench61.2 pass^1
GSM8K96.1 Accuracy
ScholarSearch5.71 Social Sciences & Humanities (%)
AIME202438 pass@1

FAQ

Is GPT-4o or GPT-5.5 better?
Across the 15 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5.5 leads on 15 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4o and GPT-5.5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4o scores 54.3% and GPT-5.5 scores 76.8% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o or GPT-5.5?
GPT-4o is cheaper at $10.00 per million output tokens against $30.00 for GPT-5.5 - about 3.0x.
When were GPT-4o and GPT-5.5 released?
GPT-4o was released 20 Nov 2024 by OpenAI. GPT-5.5 was released 23 Apr 2026 by OpenAI.

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