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GPT-6 Sol pricing

API list price by OpenAI · checked Oct 26, 2026
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$2 / $10per 1M tokens in / out
$0.20cache read · −90%
$0.25per task at medium?
#55on OpenRouter by tokens · 320.8B / week

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$2list
Output$10
Cache read$0.20−90% vs input
Cache write$2.50+25% vs input
Context · max output1.1M · 128Ktokens

Cost per task by effort?

non-thinking$0.3318.4
low$0.1334.9
mediumAPI default$0.2541
high$0.3744.1
xhigh$0.5246.3
max$1.0447.9
per taskHumanity's Last Exam
Same price per token at every effort; the bill grows with reasoning tokens. max costs 4.2× medium for +7 points.

Where to buy3 providers · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
Azure$2$101.1M
OpenAIlab$2$101.1M
Amazon Bedrock$2.20$111.1M

In OpenAI's line-upper 1M in / out

GPT-6.1 Terra$1 / $5−50%
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k$3 / $4−19%
o3$2 / $8−12%
GPT-6 Sol$2 / $10this model
GPT-6.1 Sol$2 / $100%
GPT-4o$2.50 / $10+9%
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)$2.50 / $10+9%
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Cheaper for the same workvs GPT-6 Sol at medium

GPT-6.1 Sol medium-14%score +20%$0.21
MiMo v2.6 Pro thinkingOpen-46%score +16%$0.13
GPT-6.1 Terra xhigh-22%score +14%$0.19
Claude Haiku 5.5 max-14%score +9%$0.21
MiniMax M3.1 Flash thinking-11%score +7%$0.22

Pricing questions

How much does GPT-6 Sol cost?›

$2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.20. One Intelligence Index task costs about $0.25 at the default effort.

Is GPT-6 Sol free to use?›

There is no free API tier.

How much does prompt caching save?›

Cache reads cost $0.20 per 1M, 90% below the input price. Writing to the cache costs $2.50 per 1M.

Is GPT-6 Sol cheaper than GPT-5.1?›

No: $2 / $10 against $1.25 / $10, 16% more per token.

How does effort change the price?›

The price per token is the same at every effort. Higher effort spends more reasoning tokens: a task costs $0.33 at non-thinking, $0.13 at low, $0.25 at medium, $0.37 at high, $0.52 at xhigh, $1.04 at max.

What is a cheaper alternative to GPT-6 Sol?›

GPT-6.1 Sol at medium effort costs -14% per task with a score +20% on Humanity's Last Exam.