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Why use GPT-5.5 Pro on OpenAI API?
OpenAI API offers GPT-5.5 Pro with pay-as-you-go pricing at $30.00/1M input tokens. OpenAI is a leading AI research and deployment company dedicated to developing safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence (AGI) for humanity.
Compare GPT-5.5 Pro across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport OPENAI_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(gpt-5.5-proRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5.5-pro",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".
- The examples expect OPENAI_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare GPT-5.5 Pro Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | $30.00 | $180.00 |
| OpenRouter | $30.00 | $180.00 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $30.00 |
| Output tokens | $180.00 |
Capabilities
About GPT-5.5 Pro
GPT-5.5 Pro is OpenAI's premium extra-compute deployment of GPT-5.5, released April 23, 2026. It uses the same underlying weights as GPT-5.5 standard with additional parallel test-time compute for harder tasks. Supports text and image inputs, reasoning effort control, tool use, structured outputs, code execution, a 1,050,000-token context window, and 128K max output. Key datapack rows: Terminal-Bench 2.1 78.2%, SWE-bench Pro 58.6%, GPQA Diamond 93.6%, ARC-AGI-2 high effort 83.3%, BrowseComp Pro compute 90.1%, and FrontierMath Tier 4 39.6%. Official pricing is $30/M input, $180/M output, $10/M batch input, and $45/M batch output; native cached input discount is not listed.