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OpenAI has announced a 50% price reduction for its GPT-5.6 Sol model, making it more accessible for users. The model is designed for complex reasoning and coding tasks, and the new pricing is expected to enhance its adoption across various applications.
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- GPT-5.6 Sol is OpenAI's flagship model in the GPT-5.6 series, released on July 9, 2026, with a knowledge cutoff in February 2026.
- The pricing has been cut from $5.00 to $2.50 per 1 million tokens for input and from $30.00 to $15.00 for output.
- The model excels in command-line and multi-step coding tasks, as well as long-horizon problem solving.
- OpenRouter provides access to the model through various providers, optimizing for price, speed, and accuracy.
- Performance metrics include a throughput of 46 tokens per second and a latency of 3.07 seconds, with high uptime percentages across providers.
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