GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

Frontier model for complex professional work.

Specs

Model

Family
GPT-5
Variant
5.6 Sol
Weights
Proprietary

Limits

Context
1,050,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens

Modalities

Input
Text Image PDF
Output
Text

Pricing

Input
$4 / 1M
Output
$20 / 1M
Cache read
$0.4 / 1M
Cache write
$5 / 1M

Capabilities

Reasoning
Yes
Reasoning control
Effort levels
Tool calling
Yes
Attachments
Yes

Dates

Released
9 Jul 2026
Knowledge cutoff
16 Feb 2026

Making React Testing Library Tests 43% Faster

Three fixes made one React test file 43% faster without changing the tests.

Scott Cooper
sigh.dev

Introducing DataBench

DataBench v1: 100 realistic analytical tasks across Q&A and open-ended prompts, run in a synthetic Hex workspace — built because existing analytics benchmarks test "overspecified pub trivia" rather than the vague, directional questions people actually ask.

x.com

Introducing Toast 1

Meet Toast 1, Mixedbread's search agent for knowledge-intensive tasks, matching or outperforming Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol while being up to 10× cheaper and 12× faster.

Mixedbread Team
mixedbread.com

Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14X the speed

A new speed class for frontier intelligence, turning speed into a competitive advantage.

OpenAI
openai.com

Advancing the price-performance frontier with GPT-5.6

By making every layer more efficient, OpenAI is delivering stronger performance per dollar across more enterprise workloads.

OpenAI
openai.com

Getting the most out of GPT-5.6: Sol, Terra, and Luna

Your Codex subscription now comes with 3 main models, Sol, Terra, and Luna, each independently trained and served, with reasoning dials.

Cerebras@cerebras
x.com

Practical multi-agent orchestration in Codex

GPT-5.6 Sol gets especially interesting when it has a team to work with.

eric provencher@pvncher
x.com

GPT-5.6: Frontier intelligence that scales with your ambition

We’re launching the GPT‑5.6 family of models for general availability following our limited preview⁠: our new flagship, Sol, alongside Terra, a balanced model for everyday work, and Luna, our most cost-efficient model.

OpenAI
openai.com

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