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OpenAI · API-only (closed weights)

GPT-5.5 Instant

GPT-5.5 Instant is an API-only (closed weights) language model from OpenAI, released May 5, 2026.

We’re updating ChatGPT’s default model, available to everyone, to be smarter and more accurate, with clearer, more concise answers that feel better tailored to you. Because Instant is the daily driver for hundreds of millions of people, small improvements make a big difference.

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Lab
OpenAI
Released
May 5, 2026
Weights
API-only (closed weights)
Parameters
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Context
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Price / M tokens
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Epoch ECI
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Benchmark results

Epoch AI has not published results for GPT-5.5 Instant yet. New models are usually evaluated within days to weeks.

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Data updated Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:42 UTC. Benchmarks, Capabilities Index and model announcements: Epoch AI, “Capabilities & benchmarking” and “Data on AI models” (CC BY 4.0); category scores are ModelTape's own fit on Epoch's results. Releases and prices: models.dev (MIT). Sizes and quantizations: Hugging Face. “Runs on” figures are estimates from model size, quantization and memory bandwidth (±30–50%).
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