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GPT-6.1 Sol

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ModelsAnalysis
How Claude Sonnet 5.5 trounced GPT-6.1 Sol in Bijan Bowen’s four-task review
Bijan Bowen found Sonnet’s Perry branding exceptionally strong and its music-and-video result significantly better than Sol’s, driving their decisive overall preference.
Models DeskOct 2
OpinionReality Check
GPT-6.1 Sol's price claim holds up; its near-Astra intelligence claim still needs outside proof
Sol's list prices are one-fifth of Astra's. The near-Astra evidence is mostly OpenAI's own, and a secondhand report of the one outside index has Astra winning most of its tests.
Oct 1
ModelsExplainer
How close does OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol get to Astra for a fifth of the price?
OpenAI says Sol nearly matches Astra at $2/$10 per million tokens against $10/$50. An independent test puts it 1 point behind, and Sol's Ultrafast tier was only promised at launch.
Oct 1