GPT-6.1 Sol (High) vs GPT-6 Astra (Medium)
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (High) by OpenAI or GPT-6 Astra (Medium) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (High)
GPT-6 Astra (Medium) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (High): 1.2% less intelligence, 366.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 81.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Sol (High) | GPT-6 Astra (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 50.2 | 49.6 | −1.2% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 1.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $521.32 | $2,434.12 | +366.9% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 4.7× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 73.30s | 13.72s | −81.3% GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is 81.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $10.0 / $50.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- GPT-6 Astra (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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