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Released: 2026-07-09

GPT-5.5 Thinking

OpenAI extended thinking model balancing deep chain-of-thought verification with rapid generation speeds.

Intelligence Index
94.0/ 100
Calibrated multi-domain composite
Throughput Speed
70tok/sec
Output streaming throughput
Time To First Token
390ms
Initial chunk server latency
LiveBench Contam-Free
80.2%
September 2026 suite score

LiveBench Multi-Domain Evaluation Breakdown

Monthly refreshed contamination-free test sets
Logical Reasoning89.7%
Coding & Repo Repair82.1%
Mathematics (AIME)95.9%
Data Analysis & Tables78.4%
Language & Comprehension73.1%
Instruction Following68.0%

Sourced Benchmark Evaluations (3)

Verified performance across authoritative benchmarks with provenance tracking.
BenchmarkStatusScoreTrustDateSource TypeProvenance
ARC-AGI-2Nearing Saturation73.7%
75
2026-08-06independentSource ↗
SWE-bench VerifiedSaturated62.4%
25
2026-07-18independentSource ↗
IFEvalDeprecated68%
25
2026-07-13independentSource ↗
OpenAI Compatible API ExecutionAPI Ready
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5-5-thinking",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Evaluate multi-step logic problem"}],
    temperature=0.2
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Evaluation & Sourcing Notes

Scores listed for GPT-5.5 Thinking represent verified evaluations extracted from official research papers, independent evaluation suites (HELM, LMSYS, OpenCompass, LiveBench), and verified audit reports.

All benchmarks marked as saturated or deprecated reflect historical performance where the benchmark no longer provides active discriminative power.