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AI models · OpenAI

GPT-6.1 Sol

“Near-Astra performance for complex work at a lower cost.” OpenAI, in its own words

  • $2 / $10per million tokens in / out, the maker's price
  • 1Mtokens it reads at once
  • 166.3Epoch Capabilities Index, #3 of the models Epoch scores
The facts

GPT-6.1 Sol at a glance.

From OpenAI's own pages, read Oct 20, 2026, so company-reported. A token is a word or part of a word. Prices can change; check the maker's page before you build on them.

Made by
OpenAIBased in US
What it is for
“Near-Astra performance for complex work at a lower cost.”OpenAI API docs: Models, Oct 20, 2026 · in OpenAI's words
Reads at once
1M tokensIts context window: how much text it can take in one go
Takes in
text, image
Download
No, online only
Price for developers

$2per million tokens in$10per million tokens out

Cached input $0.10, cache writes $2.50. Prompts over 272K input tokens are billed at 2x the input and cache rates and 1.5x the output rate for the whole request. Long-context column: $4 in / $0.20 cached / $15 out. Replaces GPT-6 Sol (same $2/$10 but cached $0.20).

OpenAI API docs: Pricing, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Independent tests

Where it ranks.

Its position on each of the 21 tests the models page uses, by testers other than the maker. Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown under their open licenses; for LMArena, Scale and Vals we give the position and link to their own leaderboard. Each list is a snapshot with its date.

All-round
TestRankScore
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026#3166.3range 163.17 to 170.82
Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026#7On Vals AI
Coding
TestRankScore
LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#4On LMArena
SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026#7On Scale AI
Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026#8On Vals AI
LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026#10On LMArena
Writing and conversation
TestRankScore
LMArena textLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena creative writingLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
MultiChallengeScale AI, Feb 3, 2026#1On Scale AI
Agents and computer use
TestRankScore
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#4On LMArena
Remote Labor IndexScale AINot in the top 16
Terminal-Bench 4.0Vals AI, Oct 19, 2026#7On Vals AI
CUA-bench (games)Vals AI, Oct 13, 2026Not in the top 9
Math and science
TestRankScore
LMArena mathLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
Humanity's Last ExamScale AINot in the top 17
ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026#5On Vals AI
Images and documents
TestRankScore
LMArena visionLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#9On LMArena
LMArena documentsLMArena, Sep 13, 2026Not in the top 20
More exam questions
TestRankScore
GPQA DiamondVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
MMMU ProVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
Sticking to the facts
TestRankScore
Vectara hallucination testVectara, Oct 16, 2026Not in our copy of the list

“Not in the top” means it isn't among the models in our copy of that list, which runs to the position shown; it may not have been tested. Vectara's test ranks by how rarely a model adds facts, so lower is better. Positions can be shared when scores tie. Epoch's range is its margin of uncertainty. Epoch AI and Vectara data: CC BY 4.0 and Apache-2.0.

For people, not developers

What ChatGPT costs.

OpenAI's chat app, priced by the month in US dollars on its own pages. Which plans include GPT-6.1 Sol is on OpenAI's pages.

Every chat app's plans
ChatGPT
PlanA month
FreeFree
Go$8
Plus$20
Pro 100$100
Pro 200$200
Pro 500$500
BusinessNot shown

OpenAI: ChatGPT pricing page, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Our note: Max output 128,000 tokens; knowledge cutoff Apr 30, 2026. Date: openai.com update note dated September 29, 2026; OpenAI's developer-forum API announcement is dated September 30, 2026 (time zones may explain the difference).