GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-6.1 Sol API pricing
For a chat message (1K input, 500 output), GPT-6.1 Sol costs $0.007 per request and GPT-5.6 Sol costs $0.014, so GPT-6.1 Sol is about 2× cheaper.
On the overall leaderboard GPT-5.6 Sol ranks #11 and GPT-6.1 Sol ranks #6.
Prices are the standard pay-as-you-go prices in OpenRouter's public model list, with input at the cache-miss price. Models OpenRouter does not list use the vendor's official price; those listed in CNY are converted to USD at this round's exchange rate.
Prices and rankings
| USD per million tokens | GPT-5.6 Sol | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $4 | $2 |
| Output | $20 | $10 |
| Cached input | $0.4 | $0.1 |
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Release date | 2026-07-09 | — |
| Overall rank | #11 | #6 |
| Coding rank | #9 | #8 |
| Reasoning rank | #5 | #1 |
| Knowledge rank | #8 | #3 |
| Professional work rank | #24 | #12 |
| Verified | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-19 |
| Price source | Price source | Price source |
Cost per request by usage
Without cache discounts or batch pricing.
| Usage | GPT-5.6 Sol | GPT-6.1 Sol | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat message1K in / 500 out | $0.014$14 per 1,000 | $0.007$7 per 1,000 | GPT-6.1 Sol is 2× cheaper |
| Long document100K in / 2K out | $0.44$440 per 1,000 | $0.22$220 per 1,000 | GPT-6.1 Sol is 2× cheaper |
| Agent session500K in / 50K out | $3$3,000 per 1,000 | $1.5$1,500 per 1,000 | GPT-6.1 Sol is 2× cheaper |
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