GPT-6.1 Sol Pricing - Cost Calculator

GPT-6.1 Sol delivers near-frontier GPT-6 Astra performance at lower cost, targeting complex coding, computer use, reasoning, and professional workloads.

GPT-6.1 Sol, released 29 September 2026, is a multimodal model from OpenAI. It pairs a 1,050,000-token context window with up to 128,000 tokens of output, accepting text, image and file and returning text. Training data ends 30 April 2026, and the model reasons step by step. It costs between $1.00 and $8.00 per million input tokens.

Last updated Sep 30, 2026

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Model Details

Released
Sep 29, 2026
Knowledge Cutoff
Apr 30, 2026
Context Length
1,050,000
Max Output
128,000
Modalities
Text Image File → Text
Capabilities
Tool use Structured outputs Web search Prompt caching Code execution Computer use

Where is GPT-6.1 Sol a perfect fit?

GPT-6.1 Sol is OpenAI’s balanced GPT-6 model, combining strong reasoning, coding, computer use, and tool capabilities with substantially lower token pricing than GPT-6 Astra. It can be a perfect choice for below use-cases:
- Complex software engineering β€” implementation, debugging, refactoring, and large codebases
- Coding agents β€” autonomous multi-step development workflows
- Computer-use agents β€” interacting with graphical applications and websites
- Tool-heavy workflows β€” MCP, hosted shell, code interpreter, web search, and other tools
- Long-context analysis β€” processing very large documents and codebases
- Complex reasoning β€” technical, analytical, and professional tasks
- Professional knowledge work β€” workflows requiring sustained reasoning and tool use

Quick Model Estimate

(USD 2.0000 per 1M tokens)
(USD 10.0000 per 1M tokens)

Your GPT-6.1 Sol Cost Estimate

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Pricing

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OpenAI LogoOpenAITextStandard$2.0000$10.0000$0.1000$2.50000 – 272,000 tokensβ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextStandard$4.0000$15.0000$0.2000$5.0000272,000+ tokens→
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextBatch$1.0000$5.0000$0.0500$1.25000 – 272,000 tokensβ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextBatch$2.0000$7.5000$0.1000$2.5000272,000+ tokens→
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextFlex$1.0000$5.0000$0.0500$1.25000 – 272,000 tokensβ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextFlex$2.0000$7.5000$0.1000$2.5000272,000+ tokens→
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextPriority$4.0000$20.0000$0.2000$5.00000 – 272,000 tokensβ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextPriority$8.0000$30.0000$0.4000$10.0000272,000+ tokens→
Perplexity LogoPerplexityTextStandard$2.0000$10.0000$0.1000N/A0 – 272,000 tokensβ†’
Perplexity LogoPerplexityTextStandard$4.0000$15.0000$0.2000N/A272,000+ tokens→

Benchmarks

Scores from standardized evaluations by Artificial Analysis and Design Arena. Higher is better β€” the indices summarize overall ability, while the detailed scores break down performance on individual benchmarks.

Artificial Analysis

Higher is better Β· benchmarked by Artificial Analysis
Detailed scores
GPT-6.1 Sol (max)
51.8
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence across reasoning, knowledge & math evals
Better than 85% of 14 models
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Coding Index
Coding ability across software-engineering evals
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Agentic Index
Tool use & multi-step agent task performance
Reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam 52.9%

Expert-level questions across many academic domains

CritPt 31.7%

Unpublished physics research reasoning problems

AA-LCR 83%

Long-context reasoning across large inputs

Coding
SciCode 54.2%

Research-level scientific coding tasks

Knowledge
GDPval 53.8%

Economically valuable, real-world knowledge work

Omniscience Accuracy 62.1%

Breadth of factual knowledge across domains

Omniscience Non-Hallucination 45.7%

How reliably the model avoids fabricated answers

FAQs about GPT-6.1 Sol

How much does GPT-6.1 Sol cost per 1M tokens?

GPT-6.1 Sol costs between $1.00 and $8.00 per million input tokens, and between $5.00 and $30.00 per million output tokens. The range covers Standard, Batch, Flex and Priority pricing.

What does a typical workload cost with GPT-6.1 Sol?

1,000 requests of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each β€” 2,000,000 input and 500,000 output tokens in total β€” costs $4.50 with GPT-6.1 Sol at its lowest rates. Use the calculator on this page for your own volumes.

Which provider is cheapest for GPT-6.1 Sol?

OpenAI has the lowest input rate for GPT-6.1 Sol, at $1.00 per million tokens. Across all providers: OpenAI from $1.00 and Perplexity from $2.00 per million input tokens.

Is there cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol pricing than the standard rate?

Yes. Batch pricing for GPT-6.1 Sol starts at $1.00 per million input tokens against $2.00 on the standard tier, about 50% lower.

What is GPT-6.1 Sol's context window?

GPT-6.1 Sol has a context window of 1,050,000 tokens, and returns up to 128,000 tokens in a single response.

What input types does GPT-6.1 Sol support?

GPT-6.1 Sol accepts text, image and file input, and returns text.

What is GPT-6.1 Sol's knowledge cutoff?

GPT-6.1 Sol's training data runs to 30 April 2026. It has no built-in knowledge of events after that date.