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GPT-5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), GPT-5.5 costs 2.8× as much as GPT-5.6 Sol: $22.00 against $8.00 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

GPT-5.5GPT-5.6 Sol
Input, per 1M tokens$5.00$2.00
Output, per 1M tokens$30.00$10.00
Context window1.05M1.05M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$3.30$1.30
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$22.00$8.00
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$55.00$21.00
Confidence signalnono
Tool callingyesyes

Which one should carry your traffic?

If GPT-5.6 Sol answers your requests as well as GPT-5.5, moving that traffic saves 64% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. GPT-5.6 Sol does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

GPT-5.5 profile · GPT-5.6 Sol profile · Measure it on your traffic