AI Model Atlas / OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Sol Pro
One million input tokens cost $4.00 and one million output tokens $20.00. Context window: 1.1M tokens, about 1,750 A4 pages.
What it costs in practice
Pricing per million tokens doesn't mean anything to anyone, so I convert it to three tasks that people actually give to models. The usage assumptions are listed for each row so you can verify them.
| Task | Input | Output | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-word articlebrief plus finished text in English | 1,500 tokens | 2,200 tokens | $0.05 |
| 100 chat queries700 tokens per question and 400 per answer | 70,000 tokens | 40,000 tokens | $1.08 |
| Hour of work with an agentagent reads repository and writes fixes | 250,000 tokens | 30,000 tokens | $1.60 |
Technical details
| Provider | OpenAI |
| Modalities | files + image + text → text |
| Context window | 1.1M tokens (~1,750 A4 pages) |
| Maximum response | 128k tokens |
| Step-by-step reasoning | yes |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Forced JSON format | yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2026-02-16 |
| Cache read | $0.40 per million |
| Content moderation | yes, provider filters |
How it compares to the rest
The database contains 469 models. In terms of input pricing GPT-5.6 Sol Pro is more expensive than 90 percent of paid models. A longer context window is available in 7 models.
Input price history
2026-09-08 · $2.002026-11-11 · $4.00
The chart shows the price of a million input tokens on consecutive measurement days. History starts on the day I launched the atlas and grows with each day. I don't backfill data.
Alternatives at a similar price
Models from other providers whose cost for the same article comes out closest.
| Model | Input / M | Output / M | 1500-word article | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.2 (batch)Anthropic | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.05 | 1M |
| Muse WonderMeta | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.05 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.05 | 1M |
| Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.06 | 1M |
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