GPT-5.6 Sol API Pricing

OpenAI · released 2026-07-09

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GPT-5.6 Sol price

$4.00
input / 1M tokens
0.400¢ / 1K
$20.00
output / 1M tokens
2.00¢ / 1K
$8.00
blended / 1M tokens
0.800¢ / 1K

Higher rates apply above a context threshold; see the official site

Official list price from OpenAI, as recorded by models.dev

What it actually costs

WorkloadTokensCost
Short chat reply500 in / 300 out0.8¢
RAG query4,000 in / 500 out$0.0260
Long document summary50,000 in / 1,000 out$0.2200
Code review of a 2k-line file30,000 in / 2,000 out$0.1600
1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days30,000 × (500 in / 300 out)$240.00

Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $4.00) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $20.00).

Benchmarks

BenchmarkValueSourceAs of
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) 163.0 epoch 2026-07-09
Epoch Mock AIME accuracy 100.0% epoch 2026-07-09
Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy 89.1% epoch 2026-07-09
Arena text rating 1485 arena 2026-10-28
Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) 1533 arena 2026-10-28
Arena math rating 1495 arena 2026-10-28
Arena WebDev rating No public data yet

LiveBench

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LiveBench metricValueAs of
LiveBench Global Average81.02026-06-25
LiveBench Reasoning91.72026-06-25
LiveBench Coding83.92026-06-25
LiveBench Agentic Coding56.22026-06-25
LiveBench Mathematics96.22026-06-25
LiveBench Data Analysis79.82026-06-25
LiveBench Language87.72026-06-25
LiveBench Instruction Following71.82026-06-25

LiveBench leaderboard (livebench.ai, github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench), CC BY-SA 4.0 — livebench.ai · github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Prices: OpenAI's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.

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FAQ

Who develops GPT-5.6 Sol?

GPT-5.6 Sol is developed by OpenAI, released 2026-07-09.

How much does GPT-5.6 Sol cost per million tokens?

GPT-5.6 Sol costs $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens ($8.00 blended), per OpenAI's official list price as recorded by models.dev.

What is the GPT-5.6 Sol API price?

The GPT-5.6 Sol API price is $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens ($8.00 per 1M blended).

How much does GPT-5.6 Sol cost for a typical request?

A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.8¢ on GPT-5.6 Sol, at $4.00/1M input and $20.00/1M output.

Is GPT-5.6 Sol free?

GPT-5.6 Sol's official API list price is $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check OpenAI's site for those.

How does GPT-5.6 Sol rank on benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Sol scores 163.0 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), ranking #11 of 107 models we track with a published ECI score.

Is there a cheaper model with a similar ECI to GPT-5.6 Sol?

Yes — Claude Haiku 5.5 scores a similar ECI (160.2) at $0.20/1M blended, versus $8.00/1M for GPT-5.6 Sol.

Where does this data come from?

Pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses); LiveBench scores (below) are CC BY-SA 4.0 — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.