gpt-5.6-sol vs gpt-6.1-sol
| gpt-5.6-sol | gpt-6.1-sol | |
|---|---|---|
| Providers | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Input $/M | $4.00 | $2.00 |
| Output $/M | $20.00 | $10.00 |
| Output multiplier | ×5.00 | ×5.00 |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens | 1.05M tokens |
| Intelligence index | 47.0 | 51.8 |
| Coding index | 77.4 | — |
What the numbers mean
gpt-6.1-sol is roughly 2.0× cheaper on input than gpt-5.6-sol. If your workload passes the quality bar on the cheaper model, that gap compounds across every request; route to gpt-5.6-sol deliberately rather than by default.
On measured intelligence index the gap is 4.8 points, with gpt-6.1-sol ahead. That is a large enough spread to be visible on multi-step tasks.
Tags: gpt-5.6-sol — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision · gpt-6.1-sol — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision
Code
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")
# gpt-5.6-sol
client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-5.6-sol", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])
# gpt-6.1-sol
client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-6.1-sol", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])