GPT-6 Astra vs GPT-6.1 Sol

$1.54 / task
Wins 12 of 20 benchmarks
$0.21 / task
Wins 3 of 20 benchmarks
GPT-6 Astra64.6
GPT-6.1 Sol62.6
GPT-6 Astra49.3
GPT-6.1 Sol47.5
GPT-6 Astraat max51.3
GPT-6.1 Solat max50
GPT-6 Astra49.5
GPT-6.1 Sol48
GPT-6 Astraat max63.3
GPT-6.1 Solat max58.1
GPT-6 Astra1,460.9
GPT-6.1 Sol1,361.2
GPT-6 Astra79.7
GPT-6.1 Sol83.3
GPT-6 Astra72.8
GPT-6.1 Solat max72.3
GPT-6 Astraat max47
GPT-6.1 Solat max49.1
Harvey LAB-AA 1.1?
GPT-6 Astraat max8.6
GPT-6.1 Solat max6.9
GPT-6 Astraat high96.9
GPT-6.1 Solat xhigh96.1
EBR Bench?
GPT-6 Astraat max76.2
GPT-6.1 Solat max54.3
GPT-6 Astraat max80
GPT-6.1 Solat max80
SpireClimb?
GPT-6 Astraat max25.7
GPT-6.1 Solat max24.7
SpireClimb StS1 A20 Heart?
GPT-6 Astraat max16.7
GPT-6.1 Solat max20
SpireClimb StS2 A10?
GPT-6 Astraat max34.7
GPT-6.1 Solat max29.3
GPT-6 Astra34.1
GPT-6.1 Sol—
GPT-6 Astra35.5
GPT-6.1 Sol—
GPT-6 Astraat max48.6
GPT-6.1 Sol—
GPT-6 Astraat high90.2
GPT-6.1 Sol—

Specs

SpecGPT-6 AstraGPT-6.1 Sol
Input, per 1M$10$2
Output, per 1M$50$10
Cost per task?$1.54$0.21
Speed, tok/s5945
Context1.05M1.05M
WeightsClosedClosed
ReleasedSep 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-6 Astra → 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-6 Astra
Monitoring can return HTTP 403›

Misalignment monitoring can return HTTP 403 before streaming or errors after output; match misalignment_policy_violation and handle stream errors.

No none reasoning effort›

The none reasoning effort is unsupported on GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol; use low instead.

Remove unsupported sampling parameters›

When reasoning effort is not none, remove temperature, top_p and top_logprobs, plus Chat Completions logprobs or Responses output logprobs inclusion.