# GPT-6 Sol release · 2026-09-22 · snapshot 2026-10-25

Creator: OpenAI · 7 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Sol (Low) | Text, Image | 34.20 | $269 | 6.10s | no | `gpt-6-sol-low` |
| GPT-6 Sol (Medium) | Text, Image | 39.80 | $416 | - | no | `gpt-6-sol-medium` |
| GPT-6 Sol (Non-reasoning) | Text, Image | 28.50 | $449 | 5.75s | no | `gpt-6-sol-non-reasoning` |
| GPT-6 Sol (High) | Text, Image | 42.40 | $605 | 15.6s | no | `gpt-6-sol-high` |
| GPT-6 Sol (Xhigh) | Text, Image | 44.20 | $855 | 42.3s | no | `gpt-6-sol-xhigh` |
| GPT-6 Sol (Max) | Text, Image | 47.60 | $1536 | 94.1s | no | `gpt-6-sol` |
| GPT-6 Sol (Daybreak Blue, max) | Text, Image | - | - | - | no | `gpt-6-sol-daybreak-blue` |

## Launch day (2026-09-22)

- Reached the frontier: 1 of 7
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0.15
- Rank: #37 of 46 releases this past year
- GPT-6 Sol (Low) missed: 3.7 points below MiMo-V2.6-Flash at 2.45× its cost
- GPT-6 Sol (Medium) missed: 6.5 points below MiMo-V2.6-Pro at 2.01× its cost
- GPT-6 Sol (Non-reasoning) missed: 3.6 points below GPT-5.6 Luna (High) at 4.16× its cost
- GPT-6 Sol (High) missed: 3.9 points below MiMo-V2.6-Pro at 2.93× its cost
- GPT-6 Sol (Xhigh) missed: 2.1 points below MiMo-V2.6-Pro at 4.14× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-25T21:35:50Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.