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GPT-5 nano

VS
OpenAI

GPT-5.5

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, GPT-5.5 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 58.6% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: GPT-5 nano is 81.8x cheaper to run and delivers 1.9x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, GPT-5 nano offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of GPT-5.5 fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

GPT-5 nano

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
67.6%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)81.8x cheaper
$0.14Input: $0.05 | Output: $0.40
Speed1.9x faster
137 tps
Context Window
400k tokens
Model Specs

GPT-5.5

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+)
58.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+26.0%)
93.6%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$11.25Input: $5.00 | Output: $30.00
Speed
72.7 tps
Context WindowLarger
1.05M tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 nano is cheaper than GPT-5.5. GPT-5 nano has a blended cost of $0.14/1M tokens, which is about 81.8x cheaper than GPT-5.5 at $11.25/1M tokens.

GPT-5 nano is faster than GPT-5.5. GPT-5 nano generates 137 tokens per second (tps) compared to GPT-5.5 which generates 72.7 tokens per second.

GPT-5.5 is better for coding tasks. It scores 58.6% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to GPT-5 nano which scores N/A.

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