GPT/Flagship

GPT 5.6 Sol

GPT 5.6 Sol is GPT's most capable model, priced at $4.00/MTok input and $20.00/MTok output with a 922K context window.

Input $/MTok

$4.00

Output $/MTok

$20.00

Context window

922K

Cache read discount

90% off

GPT 5.6 Sol pricing breakdown

RateInput $/MTokOutput $/MTok
Standard$4.00$20.00
Cached read (90% off input)$0.40-
Cached write (25% surcharge)$5.00-
Batch (50% off)$2.00$10.00
Long context (≥272.001K tokens)$8.00$30.00

All rates in USD per million tokens. Prices verified against provider documentation.

GPT 5.6 Sol task benchmarks

Confidence scores (0-100) and cross-provider rank for each task type. Rank 1 is best across all 88 models.

TaskConfidenceRank
Code Generation67/100#6
Code Review92/100#2
Summarization70/100#11
Q&A91/100#1
Extraction75/100#5
Reasoning92/100#2
Classification86/100#3
Creative Writing76/100#8

GPT 5.6 Sol cost by use case

Estimated cost per API call using default token counts for each workload.

Use caseInput tokensOutput tokensCost / call
Code Generation2,0004,000$0.0880
Unit Test Generation3,0005,000$0.1120
SQL Generation1,5001,000$0.0260
API Generation3,0006,000$0.1320
Code Refactoring4,0004,000$0.0960
Code Review5,0002,000$0.0600
PR Review8,0003,000$0.0920
Security Review6,0002,500$0.0740
Bug Detection5,0002,000$0.0600
Document Summarization10,0001,000$0.0600
PDF Summarization15,0001,500$0.0900
Meeting Notes8,0002,000$0.0720

Monthly cost projections

Projected monthly spend at different call volumes, using code generation as a representative workload (2,000 input / 4,000 output tokens per call).

Calls / monthWithout cachingWith caching (90% read discount)
1K$88$82.96
10K$880$829.6
100K$8,800$8,296
500K$44,000$41,480
1M$88,000$82,960

Caching estimate assumes 70% of input tokens are cache reads. Your actual cache hit rate will depend on prompt structure and reuse.

Flagship alternatives to GPT 5.6 Sol

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Claude Fable 5Claude$10.00$50.00150% more
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Claude Mythos 5Claude$10.00$50.00150% more

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GPT 5.6 Sol pricing history

Input decreased

$5.00 to $4.00/MTok

Aug 24, 2026

Output decreased

$30.00 to $20.00/MTok

Aug 24, 2026

Input launched

$5.00/MTok at launch

Jul 9, 2026

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