GPT-5.6 Sol
FrontierVisionToolsOpenAI · Released July 2026 · Knowledge cutoff February 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol is the flagship model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series. It is suited for complex reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at command-line and multi-step coding tasks...
It is part of OpenAI's GPT family, where Sol, Luna and Terra mark the current generation's capability tiers and Pro servings trade speed for deeper computation.
Facts and pricing
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Context window
- 1.1M tokens
- Input price
- 55.0 credits / 1M tokens ($5.00 raw)
- Output price
- 330 credits / 1M tokens ($30.00 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Extended reasoning
- No
Credits are what Zeplik bills: 1 credit = $0.10, computed from the raw provider rate with a 1.10x margin. Raw prices shown per 1M tokens.
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What GPT-5.6 Sol is best for
- Hard problems where answer quality matters more than cost: strategy, analysis, difficult writing
- Very long documents and codebases: a 1.1M-token window fits entire books or repositories in one conversation
- Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
- Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows
Example prompts
Prompts that suit a frontier model like GPT-5.6 Sol:
- Review this business plan and give me the three hardest questions an investor would ask
- Rewrite this announcement so it lands with both engineers and executives
- I am choosing between two job offers, help me think through the tradeoffs
- Draft a technical design doc for a rate limiter, including failure modes
OpenAI family
| Model | Context | Input cr/M | Output cr/M | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | 1.1M | 11.0 | 66.0 | July 2026 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 1.1M | 11.0 | 66.0 | July 2026 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra Pro | 1.1M | 27.5 | 165 | July 2026 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | 1.1M | 27.5 | 165 | July 2026 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol Pro | 1.1M | 55.0 | 330 | July 2026 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | 1.1M | 55.0 | 330 | July 2026 |
| GPT Chat Latest | 400K | 55.0 | 330 | May 2026 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | 1.1M | 330 | 1980 | April 2026 |
| GPT-5.5 | 1.1M | 55.0 | 330 | April 2026 |
| GPT-5.4 Image 2 | 272K | 88.0 | 165 | April 2026 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is GPT-5.6 Sol?
- GPT-5.6 Sol is an AI model by OpenAI. GPT-5.6 Sol is the flagship model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series. It is suited for complex reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at command-line and multi-step coding tasks...
- How much does GPT-5.6 Sol cost on Zeplik?
- Input tokens cost 55.0 credits per million and output tokens 330 credits per million (1 credit = $0.10; the raw provider rates are $5.00 and $30.00 per million). New accounts start with free credits.
- How long can a conversation with GPT-5.6 Sol be?
- GPT-5.6 Sol has a 1.1M-token context window (1,050,000 tokens), which covers the conversation plus any documents you attach.
- Does GPT-5.6 Sol support images and tools?
- GPT-5.6 Sol accepts image input and supports tool calling.
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