Introducing GPT-5.6 Sol (and Terra, Luna, Cyber)OpenAIReleased June 18, 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol (and Terra, Luna, Cyber)

Flagship model family of mid-2026 featuring Sol (flagship), Terra (balanced), Luna (high-speed), and Cyber (authorized vulnerability research).

reasoning-llmProprietary API$4.00 / 1M tok (Flagship Sol)Context: 1.05M (1,050,000 tokens)Arena ELO: 1515

Technical Specifications

Architecture Type
GPT-5.6 Flagship Reasoning Architecture
Total Parameters
Frontier Scale
Context Window
1.05M (1,050,000 tokens)
Max Output Tokens
128K (128,000 tokens)
Knowledge Cutoff
February 2026
Supported Modalities
text, code, vision, reasoning
License & Access
OpenAI Business Terms

Benchmark Evaluations

Mmlu Pro
91.2
Humaneval
99
Gdpval Aa v2 ELO
1710
Swe Bench Verified
72.7
Chatbot Arena ELO
1515

Deep Architectural Overview

GPT-5.6 Sol represents OpenAI’s most balanced frontier intelligence, offering lower pricing ($4/$20) than GPT-5.5 while advancing coding and professional knowledge scores across 1.05 million context tokens.

Strengths & Considerations

Core Strengths
  • 1,050,000 context window
  • Lower price than GPT-5.5 ($4.00 vs $5.00 input)
  • Dedicated Cyber tier for authorized security research
Known Limitations
  • Ultra-heavy end-to-end tasks handled by GPT-6 Astra

Token & API Pricing

Input Tokens (1M)$4.00
Output Tokens (1M)$20.00
Cached Input (1M)$0.4000
Pricing is verified directly against OpenAI's developer documentation and API rate sheets.

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