OpenAI · 400K context · updated 2026-10-02

How much does 1 million tokens cost on GPT-5.5?

Input · what you send

$5

per 1M tokens

Output · what it writes

$30

per 1M tokens

ℹ️ Long-context (>272K input) priced at 2× input / 1.5× output.

Previous generation. OpenAI's current replacement is GPT-6 Sol at $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens.

What does $10 buy on GPT-5.5?

$10 of output

333,333 tokens

  • ≈ 250,000 words written
  • ≈ 2.8 novels' worth of text
  • ≈ 33,333 lines of code generated

$10 of input

2,000,000 tokens

  • ≈ 2,999 pages read
  • ≈ 2,000 images analyzed
  • ≈ 166.7 hours of speech transcribed

For context: the cheapest model tracked here is GPT-6 Luna at $0.50/1M output tokens, and the most expensive is GPT-6 Astra at $50 — a 100× spread.Try your own budget in the calculator →

Compare with other models

ModelInput / 1MOutput / 1Mvs GPT-5.5 (output)
GPT-6 Astra$10$501.7× pricier
Claude Fable 5.1$10$501.7× pricier
Claude Opus 5$5$251.2× cheaper
Claude Opus 5.5$4$201.5× cheaper
GPT-6 Sol$2$103× cheaper
Gemini 3.1 Pro$2$122.5× cheaper
Claude Sonnet 5$2$103× cheaper
Claude Haiku 4.5$1$56× cheaper
Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.75$3.758× cheaper
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite$0.30$2.5012× cheaper
GPT-6 Luna$0.10$0.5060× cheaper

GPT-5.5 context window

GPT-5.5 supports a 400K token context window. That means in a single API call, you can send up to 400K tokens of input — including your prompt, system instructions, and any documents or code you want the model to process.

In practical terms, 400K tokens is approximately:

Compare all models' context windows on the context windows page.