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OpenAI · GPT-6

GPT-6.1 Sol

Closed weightsGenerally availableNewproprietary

OpenAI's updated mid-tier GPT-6 model (DevDay, Sep 2026) for agentic coding, computer use, and professional work; the default model in Codex.

AA Intelligence
52#7 of 151
Input / output per 1M
$2.00/ $10.00
Output speed
65tok/s
Context window
1.05M tokens

Composite indexes

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index#7 of 151
    52independentAA Intelligence Index v4.3.2, max effortArtificial Analysis: GPT-6.1 Sol (max) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 58

Coding

  • Terminal-Bench 4.0#8 of 96
    55.0%independentTerminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals harness)Vals AI: GPT-6.1 Sol ↗

    Leader: Claude Sonnet 5.5 at 70.6%

Human preference

  • LMArena Text#12 of 57
    1484independentgpt-6.1-sol-max, snapshot 2026-10-08LMArena Text leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Gemini 4 Argon at 1525

  • LMArena WebDev#3 of 58
    1755independentgpt-6.1-sol-max, snapshot 2026-10-08LMArena WebDev leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1818

Other published results

ResultScoreReported bySource
AA Intelligence Index (lower efforts) · AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2, xhigh / high / medium / low51 / 50 / 48 / 42 indexindependentArtificial Analysis: GPT-6.1 Sol ↗
Vals Index61.15%independentVals AI: GPT-6.1 Sol ↗
Vibe Code Bench v1.188.93%independentVals AI: GPT-6.1 Sol ↗
Terminal-Bench Science · Vals harness52.86%independentVals AI: GPT-6.1 Sol ↗

Specs

Released
September 29, 2026
Parameters
Undisclosed
Size class
Undisclosed
Input
text, image
Output
text
Context
1.05M tokens
Max output
128K tokens
Cached input
$0.10 / 1M
Blended 70/30
$4.40 / 1M
  • Price: OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol model page ↗ Same rate as GPT-6 Sol with cached input halved. Above 272K input: 2x input and cache, 1.5x output for the whole request. Cache write $2.50. Batch and Flex 50% off; Fast mode 2x, Ultrafast 6x.
  • Speed: Artificial Analysis: GPT-6.1 Sol (max) (median output speed) ↗

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