GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (High)

Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) by OpenAI or GPT-6.1 Sol (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (Max)On the frontier

Intelligence: 51.80
Total cost: $1082

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (High)On the frontier

Intelligence: 50.20
Total cost: $521

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 1.6 points higher (51.8 vs 50.2) but costs 2.1× as much to run the benchmark ($1082 vs $521; both premium class). Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise GPT-6.1 Sol (High).

Metric	GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)	GPT-6.1 Sol (High)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	51.8	50.2	−3.1% GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is 3.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,081.55	$521.32	−51.8% GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is 51.8% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	220.48s	43.44s	−80.3% GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is 80.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$2.00 / $10.0
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

GPT-6.1 Sol (High) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Max): 3.1% less intelligence, 51.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 80.3% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.

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