Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol

$0.88 / task
Wins 10 of 41 benchmarks
$0.21 / task
Wins 17 of 41 benchmarks
Sonnet 5.545.8
GPT-6.1 Sol49.9
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,475
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,484
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,536.9
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,494.6
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,484.5
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,454.2
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,496.9
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,470.1
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,488.5
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,468.6
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,454.2
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,437.5
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,445.2
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,457.9
Sonnet 5.5at xhigh1,450.2
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,440.4
Sonnet 5.521
GPT-6.1 Sol40
Sonnet 5.5at max46.5
GPT-6.1 Solat max73.9
Sonnet 5.524.6
GPT-6.1 Sol27.7
Sonnet 5.546.8
GPT-6.1 Sol47.8
Sonnet 5.552
GPT-6.1 Sol60.4
Sonnet 5.564.6
GPT-6.1 Sol51.6
Sonnet 5.578
GPT-6.1 Sol83.3
Sonnet 5.525.2
GPT-6.1 Sol30
Sonnet 5.5at max75
GPT-6.1 Solat max33.9
Sonnet 5.5at max59
GPT-6.1 Solat max68
Sonnet 5.5at max2.9
GPT-6.1 Solat max4.4
Sonnet 5.5at max80.5
GPT-6.1 Solat max100
Sonnet 5.5at max88.8
GPT-6.1 Solat max93.7
Sonnet 5.5at max65
GPT-6.1 Solat max80
Sonnet 5.552.9
GPT-6.1 Sol48.8
Sonnet 5.591.1
GPT-6.1 Sol86.5
Sonnet 5.548.1
GPT-6.1 Sol38.5
Vals Science Index?
Sonnet 5.559.1
GPT-6.1 Sol59.6
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Sol97.9
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Sol95.5
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Sol90.6
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Sol86.7
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Sol10.6
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max96.5
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max94.4
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max95
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max91.5
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max86.3
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max100
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max90
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max82.7
Sonnet 5.5—
GPT-6.1 Solat max35.9

Specs

SpecSonnet 5.5GPT-6.1 Sol
Input, per 1M$2$2
Output, per 1M$10$10
Cost per task?$0.88$0.21
Speed, tok/s10645
Context1M1.05M
WeightsClosedClosed
ReleasedSep 2026Sep 2026
See images✓✓
Read PDFs✓Partial
Hear audio——
Watch video——
Call tools✓✓
Force a tool call—Partial
Return strict JSON✓✓
Search the web✓✓
Run code✓✓
Use a computer✓✓

What breaks when you switch

Sonnet 5.5 → GPT-6.1 Sol
Remove unsupported parameters›

With reasoning enabled, remove temperature, top_p and top_logprobs, plus Chat Completions logprobs or Responses message.output_text.logprobs includes.

Responses API for tool calling · Chat Completions›

Use Responses for tools; Chat Completions supports this model without tool calling.

No none or minimal reasoning›

The none and minimal reasoning efforts are unsupported; choose low, medium, high, xhigh or max.

More than 272K input tokens›

Prompts above 272K input tokens charge 2× input and cache rates and 1.5× output rates for the entire request.

Cache writes billed at 1.25x›

Cache writes cost 1.25× the uncached input token rate.

Ultrafast prices 6x Standard›

Ultrafast mode costs 6× Standard token prices.

GPT-6.1 Sol → Sonnet 5.5
Context: 1.05M → 1M
No forced tool use›

Forced tool_choice any or tool returns HTTP 400; remove the forced choice.

Replace disabled thinking›

Disabled thinking returns HTTP 400; use between_tools for the lowest thinking setting.

No manual thinking budgets›

Manual thinking budgets and extra between_tools fields return HTTP 400; remove manual budgets and send between_tools without display, budget_tokens or block_binding.

Remove sampling parameters›

Non-default temperature, top_p or top_k returns HTTP 400; remove these parameters.

No assistant prefill›

A prefilled final assistant turn returns HTTP 400; remove that prefill.

Old computer tool rejected · Claude API / Google Cloud›

The computer_20251124 tool returns HTTP 400 on the Claude API and Google Cloud; use computer_toolset_20260801 there.