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How much does GPT-5.6 Sol cost?›
$4 per 1M input tokens and $20 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.40 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $0.26 at low effort.
Is GPT-5.6 Sol free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $4 per 1M input tokens.
How good is GPT-5.6 Sol, and what is it best at?›
#48 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #53 of 132 in Coding, #41 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #12 of 195 in Writing & Language, #12 of 124 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge, Vision.
Is GPT-5.6 Sol better than Claude Opus 5?›
On DeepSWE 1.1, GPT-5.6 Sol scores 72.7 vs 73.6 — about the same. It is 96% cheaper per task.
How can I use GPT-5.6 Sol?›
Through the API of Amazon Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI.
What is the context window of GPT-5.6 Sol?›
1.05M tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.
When was GPT-5.6 Sol released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-07-09. It has been superseded by GPT-6 Sol.
Is GPT-5.6 Sol open source?›
No, GPT-5.6 Sol is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is GLM 5.3.
Can GPT-5.6 Sol read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is GPT-5.6 Sol?›
GPT-5.6 Sol is a closed language model from OpenAI, released Jul 2026, the successor to GPT-4.
What are the best alternatives to GPT-5.6 Sol?›
GPT-6.1 Sol (cheaper), GPT-5.6 Luna (better), GLM 5.3 (open weights).