# OpenAI doubled GPT-5.5 API prices. The benchmark win is the least interesting thing about it.

- slug: openai-doubled-gpt-55-api-prices-the-benchmark-win-is-the-least-interesting-thing-about-it
- date: 2026-04-24
- category: Artificial Intelligence

GPT-5.5 beat Anthropic's best model by 0.7 percentage points on a test where the two companies used different scoring conditions. OpenAI doubled its API prices anyway.

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