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GPT-5.6 Sol is OpenAI’s proprietary AI model, released Jul 9, 2026. It costs $4/M input and $20/M output tokens, and handles a 1.1M-token context window. Its strongest use case is math, where it ranks in the 91st percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

GPT-5.6 Sol is the flagship model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series.

Context
1.1M
Input
$4 / 1M
Output
$20 / 1M
Released
Jul 9, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atMath top 9%Reasoning & Knowledge top 11%Coding top 15%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GPT-5.6 Sol lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

79.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
79th percentile of tracked models
85.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
85th percentile of tracked models
52.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
52nd percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

7 evals
ARC-AGI97.5%

Abstract visual reasoning

ARC-AGI-292.5%

Harder abstract reasoning

GPQA Diamond93.5%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam49.5%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleBench71.7%

Common-sense trick questions

SimpleQA Verified69.7%

Factual accuracy & hallucination

WeirdML89.4%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

3 evals
GSO (code optimization)76.5%

Code performance optimization

SciCode57.1%

Scientific research coding

WebDev Arena1617

Human-rated web development

Math

1 evals
AIME 2024/2025100.0%

Olympiad-qualifier math

Agentic & Tools

2 evals
APEX51.4%

Multi-step agentic tasks

τ²-bench85.1%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • GPT-5.6 Sol: cheapest credible provider via Azure now $20 per 1M output tokens (was $22, -9%)cheapest provider · Sep 25, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Sol: cheapest credible provider via Azure now $4 per 1M input tokens (was $4.4, -9%)cheapest provider · Sep 25, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Sol: reported APEX score rose from 40.0% to 51.4% (+28%)benchmark · Sep 22, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Sol: cheapest credible provider via Amazon Bedrock now $22 per 1M output tokens (was $30, -27%)cheapest provider · Aug 31, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Sol: cheapest credible provider via Amazon Bedrock now $4.4 per 1M input tokens (was $5, -12%)cheapest provider · Aug 31, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Sol: vendor list price cut from $30 to $20 per 1M output tokens (-33%)list price · Aug 23, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Sol: vendor list price cut from $5 to $4 per 1M input tokens (-20%)list price · Aug 23, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) added to the tracker.tracked · Jul 9, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is GPT-5.6 Sol?

GPT-5.6 Sol is the flagship model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series.

Who created GPT-5.6 Sol?

GPT-5.6 Sol is an AI model developed by OpenAI, part of the GPT family, released Jul 9, 2026.

How much does GPT-5.6 Sol cost?

GPT-5.6 Sol's list price from OpenAI is $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens.

What is GPT-5.6 Sol's context window?

GPT-5.6 Sol supports a context window of up to 1.1M tokens.

How does GPT-5.6 Sol perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GPT-5.6 Sol scores 49.5% on Humanity's Last Exam, 92.5% on ARC-AGI-2, 89.4% on WeirdML.

Is GPT-5.6 Sol open source?

GPT-5.6 Sol is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Oct 6, 2026.