Quality
Known Good Index and the capability indices, side by side
Each index is min-max normalised across tracked models and scaled 0–100 from published evaluations. We do not run these evaluations.
| Metric | gpt-4.5-preview | gpt-5.5-pre-release |
|---|---|---|
| Known Good Index | 47 | 98 |
| Mathematics Index | 59 | 100 |
| Science Index | 68 | 99 |
| Reasoning Index | 48 | — |
| Agentic Index | — | 94 |
| Openness Index | 5 | 5 |
Quality Breakdown
Every evaluation both models report a published score for
Bar = gpt-4.5-preview · marker = gpt-5.5-pre-release · scores ingested from Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0)
Right-hand figures read gpt-4.5-preview / gpt-5.5-pre-release. gpt-4.5-preview leads on 0 of 2, gpt-5.5-pre-release on 2.
Arena Elo
Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes
Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena. Higher is better.
Neither model currently appears in an arena we ingest.
Price & Cost
Published API pricing by token type
USD per 1M tokens. Blended is a 3:1 input:output mix. Live from OpenRouter, cross-checked against models.dev. Lower is better.
| Metric | gpt-4.5-preview | gpt-5.5-pre-release |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M | — | — |
| Output $/1M | — | — |
| Blended $/1M | — | — |
| Cache read $/1M | — | — |
Context Window
Maximum input accepted and maximum output emitted
Provider-declared limits, from metadata via models.dev and OpenRouter. Higher is better.
| Metric | gpt-4.5-preview | gpt-5.5-pre-release |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output tokens | — | — |
Speed & Latency
Median throughput and time to first token across hosting providers
Medians across all tracked providers, derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry.
| Metric | gpt-4.5-preview | gpt-5.5-pre-release |
|---|---|---|
| Output tokens/s | — | — |
| Time to first token | — | — |
Providers
Which hosts serve each model, and at what price and speed
No hosting providers are currently tracked for either model.