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summary: "The balanced mid-tier of the GPT-6 line, offering most of Astra's quality at a fraction of the cost. A strong default for production applications that need speed and capability together."
last_updated: "2026-11-05"
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# GPT-6.1-Sol

_OpenAI · Balanced_

The balanced mid-tier of the GPT-6 line, offering most of Astra's quality at a fraction of the cost. A strong default for production applications that need speed and capability together.

## At a glance

- Released: Oct 15, 2026
- Provider: OpenAI
- Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output: 64,000 tokens
- Modalities: Text + image → text
- Knowledge cutoff: July 2026
- API model ID: `gpt-6.1-sol`
- License: Proprietary (API only)

## Pricing

- Standard: $2 input / $10 output per 1M tokens
- Batch: $1 input / $5 output per 1M tokens
- Example: a 1,500-token prompt + 650-token answer ≈ $0.009 (standard)

## What's new vs GPT-6-Sol (August 2026)

- Improved reasoning and reliability over GPT-6-Sol
- Faster responses at the same price point
- Better instruction following
- Still short of Astra on the hardest tasks

## Best use cases

- **Production apps** — Serves general assistant and generation workloads at scale.
- **Coding assistance** — Handles day-to-day development tasks quickly.
- **Document processing** — Summarizes and transforms long inputs efficiently.

## Strengths

- Strong balance of cost and quality
- Fast
- Large context
- Versatile

## Limitations

- Less capable than Astra
- Not the cheapest tier

## Where to get access

- Consumer app: ChatGPT (web, desktop, mobile) — https://chatgpt.com
- API: the OpenAI Platform — https://platform.openai.com
- Also available: Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service
- Docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs

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