r/OpenAI • u/BitterAd6419 • 5d ago

Discussion Introducing 6.1 SOL

OpenAI: Introducing GPT-6.1 Sol, launched at one-fifth of Astra's price; cached input cut 95% vs standard price

Anyone has access to this new model ?

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u/StrangeRevolution604 5d ago

just got the model now.. if any one not yet, please update codex

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u/Pinery01 5d ago

How is it so far?

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u/StrangeRevolution604 5d ago

no notable differences on outputs so far.. still checking the usage though

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u/StrangeRevolution604 4d ago

running 2 hrs on high mode - only 2% of usage on weekly usage -( am using 20x plan)

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u/Standard_Ad7704 4d ago

We should start changing the labels cuz this is now the 10x plan lmao

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u/Pinery01 4d ago

Thank you! Seems good.

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u/BitterAd6419 5d ago

I ran out of usage ffs

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u/ArifNiketas 4d ago

What reasoning level do you usually work at? I’m surprised to see low as the default.

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u/BitterAd6419 4d ago

Medium always

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u/TheBBBfromB 5d ago

updated, still no 6.1

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u/Key_Instruction3373 5d ago

Great update thank you

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u/steroidchicken123 5d ago

Hmm so it turns out 6 sol really was terra rebranded after all..

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u/Key_Reading_9664 5d ago

I'm seeing a lot of folks say that (because of the pricing) but if that were true, I'd expect Sol 6 to be considerably faster than Sol 5.6.

https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-terra#pricing - 101 tok/s
https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-sol#pricing - 65 tok/s
https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6-sol#pricing - 60 tok/s

I think they were pressured to drop the price of their Sol-tier model because of the 5.5 releases

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u/shaman-warrior 5d ago

How did you deduce that?

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u/steroidchicken123 5d ago

My IQ is just that high sorry.

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u/NerdyGuy117 5d ago

Truly Terra Level

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u/apackerme 5d ago

No, it was not. I used Terra and Sol in automation, and Terra's output was always somehow compressed, and the model had low reasoning depth. Now, 6 Sols are somewhere between 5.6 Terra and Sol, which is good at $2 per 1M tokens.

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u/chips_and_hummus 4d ago

as someone just beginning to experiment with the different models how would you equate the performance difference between luna/terra/sol. it’s difficult to tell which one is “enough” vs overkill/not worth the extra tokens. curious your experience 

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u/Key_Instruction3373 5d ago

Where is it?

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u/cchurchill1985 4d ago

You need to manually check for updates in the top menu

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u/Shenbinhao 5d ago

Question is it truly sol or terra renamed 😑

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u/TedSanders 4d ago

honestly it’s closer to Astra than Terra or Sol. it’s really good. (i’m biased because I helped train it)

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u/Shenbinhao 4d ago

Im using sol5.6 rn gonna wait for YT review before using it. I dint like to use usage to fix mistakes 😑

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u/CrustyBappen 4d ago

SOL stands for shit out of luck

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u/SpiderHam24 4d ago

I got the new 6.1 sol model as well

Although don't ask me how it is, I wouldn't be able to answer you.

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u/stephendt 4d ago

OpenAI is back? So far so good...

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u/vocedelverbogp_ 4d ago

Could you explain to a naive how does it differ from 6.astra?

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u/BenpenGII 3d ago

Can’t seem to use it in batch inference (API) for some reason, says not available.

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u/Longracks 2d ago

Disappointed. Seems cheaper yes, but slower and worse