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OpenAI GPT 5.5

Built by OpenAI · US · United States · First tracked 4 May 2026 · Pricing verified 11 Aug 2026
#44Global rank
0.21%Routed share
no changeThis week
14 weeks rankedStreak
#11Peak rank
PremiumPrice position
Model economics
Input
$2.50
/ 1M tokens
Output
$15.00
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.25
/ 1M tokens
Free tier
on OpenRouter
Context window
1.1M
tokens
Weights
Proprietary
license basis

Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 11 Aug 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.

What would it cost you?
Estimated monthly cost
$0
Input (uncached)$0
Cached input$0
Output$0
$0 per completed task

An estimate from published per-token pricing and your assumptions. Actual costs vary by provider and usage tier.

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Price and adoption

Routed-token share over time. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.

0%1%2%3% 0.21% 12 May 2026: 1.64%19 May 2026: 1.75%26 May 2026: 1.57%2 Jun 2026: 1.39%9 Jun 2026: 1.15%16 Jun 2026: 1.21%23 Jun 2026: 2.27%30 Jun 2026: 2.38%7 Jul 2026: 2.37%14 Jul 2026: 1.38%21 Jul 2026: 0.97%28 Jul 2026: 0.35%4 Aug 2026: 0.25%11 Aug 2026: 0.21% 12 May26 May9 Jun23 Jun7 Jul21 Jul4 Aug11 Aug
All 14 tracked weeks · 12 May to 11 Aug. Longer periods open as the record grows.
Price-to-adoption position
Holding position

Premium · adoption flat. Observed relationship, not proof of causation.

Speed & reliability

Availability monitoring is derived from OpenRouter provider uptime; it refreshes with the daily build. Latency and throughput are not exposed by the data source, so we do not report them rather than estimate.

Capabilities
Context window1.1M
Reasoning Supported
Tool calling Supported
Structured output Supported
Image input Supported
Audio input Not supported
Video input Not supported
Open weights Proprietary
API availability Yes
Commercial licenseVerify terms with the provider
At a glance
Observed by yellow3
Current rank
#44
Peak rank
#11
Routed share
0.21%
Peak share
2.38%
Weeks ranked
14
First tracked
4 May 2026
Region of origin
US · United States
Model facts
Provider
OpenAI
Model family
Not publicly disclosed
Release date
Not publicly disclosed
Type
Multimodal (text + image)
Modalities
file, image, text
Context window
1.1M tokens
Weights
Proprietary
License
Not publicly disclosed
Why it is moving
Observed data

In the week ending 11 Aug 2026, OpenAI GPT 5.5 held at #44 with 0.21% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #11. Over 14 tracked weeks its routed share has moved from 1.64% to 0.21% (-1.43 pp).

yellow3 analysis

A sourced weekly interpretation of what is driving this model's routing is added as the record accumulates. yellow3 does not publish a reason for movement unless the routed-traffic data or a cited source supports it.

Rank history
Week endingRankRouted shareΔ shareMovementRegion rankStatus
11 Aug 2026#440.21%-0.04no change#28ranked
4 Aug 2026#440.25%-0.10▼ 3places down#29ranked
28 Jul 2026#410.35%-0.62▼ 24places down#26ranked
21 Jul 2026#170.97%-0.41▼ 3places down#8ranked
14 Jul 2026#141.38%-0.99▼ 3places down#7ranked
7 Jul 2026#112.37%-0.02▲ 1places up#4ranked
30 Jun 2026#122.38%+0.11no change#4ranked
23 Jun 2026#122.27%+1.06▲ 7places up#4ranked
16 Jun 2026#191.21%+0.06▲ 1places up#9ranked
9 Jun 2026#201.15%-0.24▲ 1places up#11ranked
2 Jun 2026#211.39%-0.18▼ 6places down#12ranked
26 May 2026#151.57%-0.18▲ 2places up#7ranked
19 May 2026#171.75%+0.11▲ 1places up#9ranked
12 May 2026#181.64%NEW#9NEW
Price history
DateInput / 1MOutput / 1MChangeSource
6 Aug 2026$2.50$15.00▼ 50%OpenRouter listed price
31 Jul 2026$5.00$30.00▲ 100%OpenRouter listed price
28 Jul 2026$2.50$15.00▼ 50%OpenRouter listed price
12 Jul 2026$5.00$30.00OpenRouter listed price
Milestones
  • 4 May 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 12 May 2026Entered top 20Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 23 Jun 2026Biggest weekly rise +7 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 30 Jun 2026Peak routed share 2.38%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 28 Jul 2026Biggest weekly fall -24 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Sources & methodology

Region reflects where the model's developer is headquartered. Figures are OpenRouter routing traffic, aggregated over a trailing seven days - developer routing behaviour, not the whole market.

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