OpenAI: GPT-5.5 Instant
GPT-5.5 Instant is a reasoning model from OpenAI released on May 5, 2026. It reads text, images and files and writes text, with a 400K token context window and up to 128K tokens per reply.
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It costs $5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.50, 90% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $5 / $30 per 1M
- Context
- 400K
- Max output
- 128K
- Released
- May 5, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Dec 2025
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
GPT-5.5 Instant pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $5 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $30 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.50 / 1M tokens | 90% off input |
What GPT-5.5 Instant costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call GPT-5.5 Instant through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Reasoning
reasoning - Temperature
temperature
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GPT-5.5 Instant questions
How much does the GPT-5.5 Instant API cost?
$5 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.50. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of GPT-5.5 Instant?
400,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 128,000 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Does GPT-5.5 Instant support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is GPT-5.5 Instant open source?
No. OpenAI serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was GPT-5.5 Instant released?
May 5, 2026, with training data up to Dec 2025.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.