openai/gpt-5.5 vs gpt-4o-2024-05-13
Input price
$5.00
$5.00
Output price
$30.00
$15.00
Context window
1050K
128K
Throughput
157 tok/s
151 tok/s
Availability
97.0%
99.7%
Cost / task
$0.025
$0.018
Efficiency score
82
82
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
OPENAI
GPT-4O-2024-05
Chat assistant
$5,100
$3,300
RAG / long context
$8,700
$7,350
Agent / tool use
$14,400
$9,000
Efficiency score: gpt-4o-2024-05-13
Across price, speed and reliability, gpt-4o-2024-05-13 offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is openai/gpt-5.5 or gpt-4o-2024-05-13 cheaper?+
openai/gpt-5.5 has the lower input price — $5.00 vs $5.00 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, openai/gpt-5.5 or gpt-4o-2024-05-13?+
Across price, speed and reliability, gpt-4o-2024-05-13 offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.