LLM API · OpenAI
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol pricing
Input
$5.00 /Mtok
Output
$30.00 /Mtok
Cached input
$0.500 /Mtok
Batch discount
−50%
Context window
1,050k tokens
Max output
128k tokens
Tier
frontier
Ranked 29 of 29 by price among 29 LLM APIs in the index — the cheapest is Mistral AI Ministral 3 (3B) at $0.100. Figures are USD list prices excluding tax.
Price history
Every weekly reading since this item entered the index on 15 August 2026. Dots mark readings where the figure changed.
| Date | Figure | Reading | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Cached input $/Mtok | $0.500 | — |
| 2026-08-15 | Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | — |
| 2026-08-15 | Output $/Mtok | $30.00 | — |
| 2026-09-05 | Cached input $/Mtok | $0.500 | — |
| 2026-09-05 | Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | — |
| 2026-09-05 | Output $/Mtok | $30.00 | — |
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What it costs in practice
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| Workload | Cost |
|---|---|
| One million input tokens | $5.00 |
| One million output tokens | $30.00 |
| Blended $/Mtok at 4:1 input:output | $10.00 |
| 1,000 chatbot replies (1,500 in / 300 out) | $16.50 |
| Summarising 1,000 ten-page documents (5,000 in / 400 out) | $37.00 |
| A month of 10,000 requests a day (2,000 in / 500 out) | $7,500.00 |
| 1,000 replies with a 1,200-token cached prefix (300 fresh in / 300 out) | $11.10 |
| Those 1,000 document summaries via the batch API (−50%) | $18.50 |
Compared with the closest alternatives
| Model | blended $/Mtok (4:1) | vs this |
|---|---|---|
| Mistral AI Ministral 3 (3B) | $0.100 | -99% |
| Groq GPT-OSS 20B | $0.120 | -99% |
| Google Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | $0.160 | -98% |
| Llama 4 Scout Instruct via Fireworks AI | $0.240 | -98% |
| Mistral AI Mistral Small 4 | $0.240 | -98% |
| Groq GPT-OSS 120B | $0.240 | -98% |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct via Together AI | $0.280 | -97% |
| Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Turbo via Together AI | $0.300 | -97% |
How to read this page
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