GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)
By OpenAI · released 2026-07-09 (8 days) · snapshot 2026-07-17
- Intelligence index
- 53.60
- Cost to run the AA index
- $593
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $5.00 / $30.0
- End-to-end time
- 14.9s
Is GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
On the Pareto frontier
Yes. Nothing live under $10,000 is both smarter and cheaper to run.
The daily check URL below returns 409 the day that changes.
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: gpt-5-6-sol-medium.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (Non-reasoning)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (low)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (high)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (max)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs MiniMax-M3
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (medium)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Luna (high)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)
- GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) vs Grok 4.5 (high)
What the GPT-5.6 Sol release did to the frontier on 2026-07-09
5 of 6 effort levels reached the frontier at launch (GPT-5.6 Sol (low), GPT-5.6 Sol (medium), GPT-5.6 Sol (high), GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh), GPT-5.6 Sol (max)). Impact 3.71, #7 of 34 releases this past year.
Should you use GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)?
Should you use GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)?
Yes, for the money: nothing live under $10,000 is both smarter and cheaper to run, so it sits on the value frontier.
What is better and cheaper than GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)?
Nothing: no live model under $10,000 is both smarter and cheaper.
How much does GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) cost?
$5.00/$30 in/out per 1M tokens, and $593 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) on the Pareto frontier?
Yes: GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) is on the intelligence-vs-cost Pareto frontier.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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