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GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-6 Astra
2 of 5Language Models · verified 5 Sept 2026
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAIcurrentGPT-6 AstraOpenAIcurrent| Specification | GPT-5.6 Sol | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Flagship tier of the GPT-5.6 family. | Saturates three of the benchmarks it reports, and ships disabled for enterprise. |
| Context | 1M+ | 1.05M |
| Input ($/Mtok) | — | $10 |
| Output ($/Mtok) | — | $50 |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Parameters | — | Not published |
| Released | 9 Jul 2026 | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Model ID | — | gpt-6-astra |
| Category | Language Models | Language Models |
| Official | OpenAI ↗ | — |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
GPT-5.6 Sol
- Three tiers: Sol, Terra, Luna
- Adjustable reasoning effort from none to max
- Broad rollout began 9 July 2026
Best for all-round work.
GPT-6 Astra
- 97.6% on FrontierMath Tier 4, 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3 and 100% on ExploitBench
- Above 272K input tokens the whole request reprices: input and cache at 2x, output at 1.5x
- Rolls out to OpenAI's Daybreak cyber programme first, and arrives switched off for enterprise
Best for hard reasoning and computer use.