GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI’s preceding Sol release, retained for comparison with GPT-6 and GPT-6.1.
OpenAIReleased 9 July 2026Context 1M tokensOutput 128k tokensPrivate weights$4.00 in / $20.00 out per Mtok
Where it stands
Rank compares tracked models with a score. Published shows the source’s rank and field size, when available.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Published | Leader | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vals IndexVals AI | 58.01% | 10of 33 | 10of 41 | Gemini 4 Argon | 10.89 pts |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis | 47 | 11of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 11 pts |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Artificial Analysis | 39.90% | 11of 40 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 23.74 pts |
| SWE-bench (Verified)Vals AI | 96.20% | 3of 23 | 3of 88 | Claude Opus 5 | 0.80 pts |
| LiveCodeBenchVals AI | 82.60% | 17of 21 | 52of 143 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 7.92 pts |
| GPQA DiamondVals AI | 95.20% | 2of 23 | 2of 138 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 0.25 pts |
| MMLU ProVals AI | 89.10% | 11of 24 | 16of 138 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 3.28 pts |
| MMMU ProVals AI | 88.84% | 6of 20 | 6of 93 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 1.80 pts |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Vals AI | 80.50% | 19of 38 | 20of 106 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 11.89 pts |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Artificial Analysis | 22.38% | 8of 24 | no list read | GPT-6 Astra | 40.95 pts |
| ProgramBenchVals AI | 1.50% | 9of 29 | 9of 54 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 17.00 pts |
| τ³-BankingArtificial Analysis | 44.33% | 11of 30 | no list read | Qwen3.8 Max | 7.01 pts |
| ITBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 56.21% | 1of 18 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | — |
| IFBenchArtificial Analysis | 72.65% | 5of 10 | no list read | Grok 4 20 0309 | 10.28 pts |
| AA-AnalystAgentArtificial Analysis | 47.50% | 7of 18 | no list read | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 12.50 pts |
| MLCR-AAArtificial Analysis | 26.11% | 17of 37 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 48.89 pts |
| ARC-AGI-3ARC Prize · Standard | 7.78% | 4of 11 | no list read | GPT-6 Astra | 54.93 pts |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 FullScale AI / SEAL | 95.50% | 6of 10 | no list read | Claude Opus 5 | 3.90 pts |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 HARDScale AI / SEAL | 82.40% | 8of 10 | no list read | Claude Opus 5 | 15.60 pts |
| Vals RSI IndexVals AI | 23.88% | 10of 20 | 10of 23 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 13.43 pts |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Vals AI | 20.01% | 7of 20 | 7of 20 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 10.35 pts |
| CUA-benchVals AI | 8.33% | 5of 8 | 5of 8 | GPT-6 Astra | 10.84 pts |
| τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis | 85.09% | 10of 10 | no list read | Jt 35b Flash | 14.03 pts |
| Harvey LAB-AAArtificial Analysis | 87.18% | 16of 20 | no list read | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | 8.30 pts |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym-AAArtificial Analysis | 42.91% | 13of 22 | no list read | Claude Fable 5 | 8.21 pts |
| AutomationBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 60.08% | 14of 40 | no list read | Gemini 4 Argon | 17.43 pts |
| SciCodeArtificial Analysis | 57.06% | 16of 40 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 9.84 pts |
| GDP.pdfArtificial Analysis | 27.20% | 3of 40 | no list read | GPT-6.1 Sol | 3.80 pts |
| CritPtArtificial Analysis | 32.29% | 1of 42 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | — |
| AA-OmniscienceArtificial Analysis | 21.97 | 20of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 24.45 |
| AA-LCR v1.1Artificial Analysis | 84.00% | 7of 42 | no list read | Kimi K3 | 4.67 pts |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Vals AI | 85.77% | 3of 35 | 3of 75 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 1.87 pts |
| ProofBench v1.1Vals AI | 83.00% | 10of 34 | 12of 46 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 17.00 pts |
| LegalBenchVals AI | 86.97% | 7of 27 | 8of 149 | Claude Fable 5 | 1.59 pts |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkVals AI | 2.50% | 31of 37 | 40of 73 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 22.92 pts |
| SkillsBenchVals AI | 54.10% | 12of 20 | 15of 35 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 15.70 pts |
| MysteryMechanismVals AI | 33.33% | 10of 21 | 10of 21 | GPT-6 Astra | 19.82 pts |
| Vals Multimodal IndexVals AI | 72.64% | 4of 17 | 4of 33 | Claude Fable 5 | 1.51 pts |
| BioMysteryBenchVals AI | 71.11% | 10of 19 | 10of 21 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 10.00 pts |
| Code MigrationVals AI | 52.92% | 10of 37 | 10of 71 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 16.91 pts |
| CyberBench v1.1Vals AI | 76.31% | 3of 31 | 3of 43 | GPT-6 Sol | 1.67 pts |
| EMBVals AI | 72.34% | 7of 37 | 7of 69 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 4.33 pts |
| Finance Agent (v2)Vals AI | 53.76% | 21of 37 | 26of 73 | Gemini 4 Argon | 11.64 pts |
| IOIVals AI | 91.17% | 5of 31 | 5of 38 | Gemini 4 Argon | 8.83 pts |
| Legal Research BenchVals AI | 48.08% | 8of 37 | 8of 72 | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | 7.21 pts |
| MedCodeVals AI | 43.97% | 24of 35 | 41of 104 | Claude Opus 5 | 19.60 pts |
| MedScribeVals AI | 85.23% | 23of 36 | 29of 106 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 6.20 pts |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Vals AI | 66.51% | 16of 29 | 16of 45 | Claude Opus 5 | 10.42 pts |
| SAGEVals AI | 52.56% | 5of 32 | 6of 90 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 3.54 pts |
| SRE BenchVals AI | 30.53% | 5of 15 | 5of 16 | GPT-6 Astra | 26.34 pts |
| Tax Agent BenchVals AI | 67.95% | 11of 37 | 13of 64 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 9.69 pts |
| DeepSWE v1.1Datacurve | 72.67% | 4of 20 | 4of 28 | GPT-6 Astra | 1.45 pts |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Artificial Analysis | 1,587.9 | 20of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 258.27 |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Artificial Analysis | 1,487.42 | 19of 41 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 334.43 |
| Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis | 49.49% | 9of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 11.86 pts |
Nearby on Vals Index
The two models above and below on the Vals Index (Vals AI), on every column where this model has a published number.
| Model | Vals Index | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | Terminal-Bench 4.0 | SWE-bench | LiveCodeBench | GPQA Diamond | MMLU Pro | MMMU Pro | Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | Terminal-Bench Science 0.1 | ProgramBench |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI | 61.15% | 52 | 56.06% | – | – | – | – | – | 88.93% | 58.10% | – |
| Muse Spark 1.3 MaxMeta | 58.16% | 48 | 33.33% | – | – | – | – | – | 85.86% | 10.95% | – |
| GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | 58.01% | 47 | 39.90% | 96.20% | 82.60% | 95.20% | 89.10% | 88.84% | 80.50% | 22.38% | 1.50% |
| GPT-6 SolOpenAI | 57.54% | 48 | 43.94% | – | – | – | – | – | 87.82% | 30.00% | 2.00% |
| MiMo V2.6 ProXiaomi | 55.20% | 46 | 34.85% | – | – | – | – | – | 85.22% | 5.71% | 0.50% |
Cost and speed, as published
Additional measurements from Artificial Analysis’ own row. Read 30 September 2026.
| As published | Cost per task | Output speed |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Sol (max) | $1.99 | 80.5 tok/s |
Results by benchmark
Independent and vendor results retain their own harnesses and effort settings.
| Benchmark | Independent run | As reported by a publisher |
|---|---|---|
| τ³-BankingTool use | 44.33%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| ITBench-AAIT operations | 56.21%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| IFBenchInstruction following | 72.65%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-AnalystAgentData analysis | 47.50%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| MLCR-AAMedical reasoning | 26.11%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| ARC-AGI-3Interactive reasoning | 7.78%ARC Prize · Standard | not published |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 FullRepository coding | 95.50%Scale AI / SEAL | not published |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 HARDRepository coding | 82.40%Scale AI / SEAL | not published |
| Vals RSI IndexAutonomous research | 23.88%Vals AI | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Application development | 20.01%Vals AI | not published |
| CUA-benchComputer use | 8.33%Vals AI | not published |
| τ²-Bench TelecomTool use | 85.09%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Harvey LAB-AALegal reasoning | 87.18%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym-AAEnterprise workflows | 42.91%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Apex Bench v1.1Reasoning | no published result | 54.3%Apex Bench v1.1DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 5 of 6 in this publisher table |
| AutomationBench-AAWorkflow automation | 60.08%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| SciCodeScientific coding | 57.06%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| GDP.pdfDocument reasoning | 27.20%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| CritPtScientific reasoning | 32.29%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-OmniscienceFactual knowledge | 21.97Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-LCR v1.1Long-context reasoning | 84.00%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Agentic coding | 39.90%Artificial Analysis 37.88%Vals AI | 39.9%Terminal-Bench 4.0DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table 39.9%Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 2 of 7 in this publisher table 37.3%Terminal-Bench 4.0OpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 5 of 6 in this publisher table 37.3%Terminal-Bench 4.0Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 5 of 5 in this publisher table |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Agentic coding | 85.77%Vals AI 88.01%Artificial Analysis | 88.8%Terminal Bench 2.1Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 8 in this publisher table 88.8%Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table |
| SWE-bench (Verified)Software engineering | 96.20%Vals AI | not published |
| LiveCodeBenchCode generation | 82.60%Vals AI | not published |
| GPQA DiamondScience reasoning | 95.20%Vals AI 94.14%Artificial Analysis | 94.1%GPQA Diamond (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 1 of 7 in this publisher table 94.6%GPQA DiamondOpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table |
| MMLU ProKnowledge | 89.10%Vals AI | not published |
| MMMU ProMultimodal reasoning | 88.84%Vals AI 83.41%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Product coding | 80.50%Vals AI | not published |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Agentic science | 22.38%Artificial Analysis 20.00%Vals AI | 22.4%Terminal-Bench Science 0.1OpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 4 of 5 in this publisher table 22.4%Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 5 of 5 in this publisher table |
| ProgramBenchAgentic coding | 1.50%Vals AI | 23.0%ProgramBenchDeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table 23.0%ProgramBench (Almost Solved)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 2 of 7 in this publisher table 23.0%ProgramBench (Almost@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 2 of 6 in this publisher table |
| ProofBench v1.1Mathematics | 83.00%Vals AI | not published |
| LegalBenchProfessional knowledge | 86.97%Vals AI | not published |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkProfessional knowledge | 2.50%Vals AI | not published |
| SkillsBenchAgentic tooling | 54.10%Vals AI | not published |
| MysteryMechanismScientific reasoning | 33.33%Vals AI | not published |
| Vals Multimodal IndexComposite | 72.64%Vals AI | not published |
| Vals IndexComposite | 58.01%Vals AI | not published |
| BioMysteryBenchAgentic science | 71.11%Vals AI | not published |
| Code MigrationAgentic coding | 52.92%Vals AI | not published |
| CyberBench v1.1Security | 76.31%Vals AI | not published |
| EMBFinancial modelling | 72.34%Vals AI | not published |
| Finance Agent (v2)Financial analysis | 53.76%Vals AI | not published |
| IOICompetitive programming | 91.17%Vals AI | not published |
| Legal Research BenchProfessional knowledge | 48.08%Vals AI | not published |
| MedCodeHealthcare administration | 43.97%Vals AI | not published |
| MedScribeHealthcare administration | 85.23%Vals AI | not published |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Public services | 66.51%Vals AI | not published |
| SAGEEducation | 52.56%Vals AI | not published |
| SRE BenchSecurity | 30.53%Vals AI | not published |
| Tax Agent BenchProfessional knowledge | 67.95%Vals AI | not published |
| OSWorld 2.0Computer use | no published result | 65.7%OSWorld 2.0 (offline set, partial reward)OpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 3 of 3 in this publisher table |
| AutomationBenchBusiness workflows | no published result | 45.8%AutomationBench (v1.0.6)DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 6 of 6 in this publisher table 45.8%AutomationBench (v1.0.6)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 4 of 8 in this publisher table 45.8%AutomationBench (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 5 of 7 in this publisher table 18.1%AutomationBench 1.0.6OpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 4 of 5 in this publisher table 28.8%AutomationBenchAnthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 4 of 5 in this publisher table |
| CursorBench 4.0Agentic coding | no published result | 41.7%CursorBench 4.0Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 4 of 4 in this publisher table |
| DeepSWE v1.1Software engineering | 72.67%Datacurve | 73.0%DeepSWE v1.1DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table 72.7%DeepSWE (v1.1)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 8 in this publisher table 73.0%DeepSWE v1.1 (Resolved)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table 72.7%DeepSWE v1.1OpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table |
| FrontierCode v1.1Agentic coding | no published result | 47.5FrontierCode 1.1 MainOpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 5 of 6 in this publisher table 47.5%FrontierCode v1.1 (Main)Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 5 of 5 in this publisher table |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Knowledge work | 1,587.9Artificial Analysis | 1,588GDPval-AA v2.1Anthropic · 22 September 2026Rank 4 of 5 in this publisher table |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Knowledge work | 1,487.42Artificial Analysis | not published |
| ChartographyVisual chart recognition | no published result | 79.9%Chartography (w/tools)DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 3 of 5 in this publisher table 79.9%Chartography w/ tools (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| Humanity's Last ExamMultidisciplinary reasoning | 49.49%Artificial Analysis | 44.5%HLE (w/o tools)DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table 64.5%HLE w/ ToolsZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 8 in this publisher table 44.5%HLE (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 2 of 7 in this publisher table |
| ARC-AGI-2Abstract reasoning | no published result | 92.5%ARC-AGI-2OpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 2 of 5 in this publisher table |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2)Mathematics | no published result | 83.0%FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2)OpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 4 of 5 in this publisher table |
| Agents' Last ExamComputer use | no published result | 26.7%Agents' Last ExamDeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 6 of 6 in this publisher table 28.6%Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 8 in this publisher table 26.7%Agents' Last Exam (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 5 of 7 in this publisher table 53.6%Agents' Last ExamOpenAI · 3 September 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexComposite | 47Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0Agentic coding | no published result | 34.6%Terminal Bench 3.0Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 6 in this publisher table 34.4%Terminal-Bench 3.0 (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 2 of 7 in this publisher table |
| NL2Repo-BenchAgentic coding | no published result | 56.8%NL2Repo-BenchDeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 6 of 6 in this publisher table 56.8%NL2Repo-Bench (Score)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 6 of 7 in this publisher table |
| CyberGymSecurity | no published result | 83.6%CyberGymZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 8 in this publisher table 84.5%CyberGym (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 2 of 6 in this publisher table |
| SEC-bench ProSecurity | no published result | 74.3%SEC-Bench Pro (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| ExploitGymSecurity | no published result | 216ExploitGym (2h)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 7 in this publisher table 293ExploitGym (6h)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 7 in this publisher table 33.7%ExploitGym (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 1 of 6 in this publisher table |
| BabyVisionMultimodal | no published result | 88.9%BabyVision (w/tools)DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 4 of 5 in this publisher table 88.9%BabyVision w/tools (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 3 of 4 in this publisher table |
| ZeroBench (main set)Multimodal | no published result | 53.0%ZeroBench-main (w/tools)DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 1 of 5 in this publisher table 53.0%ZeroBench-main w/tools (Pass@5)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 1 of 4 in this publisher table |
| FrontierSWEAgentic research | no published result | 32.2%FrontierSWE v2Anthropic · 7 October 2026Rank 3 of 3 in this publisher table |
| SWE-MarathonAgentic coding | no published result | 42.5%SWE-Marathon (v1.1)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table |
| PostTrainBenchAI research | no published result | 36.2%PostTrainBenchZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table |
| ExploitBenchSecurity | no published result | 76.5%ExploitBenchZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 2 of 7 in this publisher table |
| Toolathlon VerifiedAgentic tooling | no published result | 74.9%Toolathlon VerifiedZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 8 in this publisher table |
| GDPval-AA v2Knowledge work | no published result | 1,730GDPval-AA v2Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 4 of 8 in this publisher table |
Sources
Read on 17 October 2026.
- Vals AI model pagewww.vals.ai/models/openai_gpt-5.6-sol