GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-6.1 Sol

$0.50 / task
Wins 0 of 5 benchmarks
$0.21 / task
Wins 3 of 5 benchmarks
GPT-5.6 Sol81.4
GPT-6.1 Sol83.9
GPT-5.6 Sol26.2
GPT-6.1 Sol30
GPT-5.6 Solat xhigh1,280.6
GPT-6.1 Solat max1,287.7
GPT-5.6 Solat max45
GPT-6.1 Sol—
GPT-5.6 Solat xhigh1,482.7
GPT-6.1 Sol—

Specs

SpecGPT-5.6 SolGPT-6.1 Sol
Input, per 1M$4$2
Output, per 1M$20$10
Cost per task?$0.50$0.21
Speed, tok/s7552
Context1.05M1.05M
WeightsClosedClosed
ReleasedJul 2026Sep 2026
See images✓✓
Read PDFsPartialPartial
Hear audio——
Watch video——
Call tools✓✓
Force a tool callPartialPartial
Return strict JSON✓✓
Search the web?✓
Run code?✓
Use a computer?✓

What breaks when you switch

GPT-5.6 Sol → 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 → GPT-5.6 Sol
Nothing known.