OpenAI
gpt-5.6-sol API Pricing
OpenAI charges $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens across a short context window. Verified 2026-08-23 against the official OpenAI pricing page.
Short-context rate (<272K tokens); long-context tier is $8 in / $30 out
Input / 1M tokens
$4.00
Output / 1M tokens
$20.00
Context window
short
What it costs to run
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Single short call | 2K in, 500 out | $0.018 |
| Typical chat turn | 10K in, 1K out | $0.060 |
| Long document pass | 100K in, 2K out | $0.440 |
| 1,000 chat turns | 10M in, 1M out | $60.00 |
Price history
Input price has moved -20% since tracking began on 2026-07-09.
| Effective | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-23 | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| 2026-07-09 | $5.00 | $30.00 |
How it compares
Ranked on the blended cost of a typical chat turn (10K in, 1K out), not the input rate alone.
| gemini-3.1-pro-preview | $0.032 per turn | |
| OpenAI | gpt-4o | $0.035 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-5.4 | $0.040 per turn |
| Anthropic | claude-sonnet-4.5 | $0.045 per turn |
| Anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-6 | $0.045 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-5.6-sol | $0.060 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 | $0.065 per turn |
| Anthropic | claude-opus-4-8 | $0.075 per turn |
| Anthropic | claude-opus-4-6 | $0.075 per turn |
| Anthropic | claude-opus-5 | $0.075 per turn |
| Anthropic | claude-opus-4.5 | $0.075 per turn |
TechFastForward coverage of gpt-5.6-sol
What we wrote when this model, or the rest of its line, was news.
- OpenAI Kills Astra Launch Over Critical Hacking Risk2026-08-09
- OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Launches with 68 Percent Fewer Errors2026-08-09
- OpenAI Cuts ChatGPT Limits for 1 Billion Free Users2026-08-08
- OpenAI Sol Wins Commerce Clearance, Beats Anthropic2026-07-14
- OpenAI GPT-5.6 Cuts Frontier Model Costs 67 Percent2026-07-12
- OpenAI Cuts Frontier Model Pricing as Inference Commodifies2026-07-11
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