Cost-efficient GPT-5.6 model for fast, high-volume workloads
Specification
openai listing
Context
1.1M
Max output
128K
Released
2026-07-09
Knowledge cutoff
2026-02-16
Retires
2028-01-11
Open weights
no
Input
text, image, pdf
Output
text
Price
US dollars per million tokens · openai list price
Input
$0.20
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.02
Cache write
$0.25
Batch and priority prices
US dollars per million tokens · per listing
| Price | Listing | $/M |
|---|---|---|
| Batch input | openai | $0.10 |
| Batch output | openai | $0.60 |
| Priority input | azure | $0.40 |
| Priority input | azure | $0.44 |
| Priority output | azure | $2.40 |
| Priority output | azure | $2.64 |
Batch input is 50% below the interactive input price at the same listing.
Long-context price tiers
the rate above each context threshold
| Above | Price | $/M |
|---|---|---|
| 200K | Cache read | $0.04 |
| 200K | Cache write | $0.50 |
| 200K | Input | $0.40 |
| 200K | Output | $1.80 |
| 272K | cache creation input token cost above 12hr | $1.00 |
| 272K | Cache read | $0.04 |
| 272K | Cache write | $0.50 |
| 272K | Input | $0.40 |
| 272K | Output | $1.80 |
Quality
9 benchmarks · 2 sources
Composite
67th
percentile of 344 scored models
Rank
114 / 344
±0.08 sd
Evidence
9 × 2
3 or more benchmarks, from 2 or more sources
Effort range
26.0
points between effort settings
reasoning66th3/4 bench
math86th3/7 bench
knowledge45th1/1 bench
general35th1/1 bench
By reasoning effort
every setting placed on the same scale as the leaderboard
| Setting | Composite | Benchmarks behind it |
|---|---|---|
| max | 83rd | 9 |
| low | 55th | 5 |
| medium | 30th | 1 |
Every score
one row per source and configuration — nothing averaged away
| Benchmark | Score | Configuration | Source | Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA diamond | 91.6 ±1.7 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-07-09 |
| ↳ | 82.3 ±2.7 | low | Epoch AI | 2026-08-07 |
| Settings differ by 9.3 points on this benchmark. | ||||
| FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2 | 61.0 ±7.7 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-07-09 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.3 ±1.2 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-07-09 |
| ↳ | 66.7 ±7.1 | low | Epoch AI | 2026-08-07 |
| Settings differ by 31.6 points on this benchmark. | ||||
| FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2 | 82.1 ±2.3 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-07-09 |
| ↳ | 41.4 ±2.9 | low | Epoch AI | 2026-08-29 |
| Settings differ by 40.7 points on this benchmark. | ||||
| Chess Puzzles | 43.0 ±5.0 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-10-13 |
| ↳ | 17.0 ±3.8 | low | Epoch AI | 2026-10-13 |
| Settings differ by 26.0 points on this benchmark. | ||||
| SimpleQA Verified | 41.0 ±1.6 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-08-10 |
| Furniture Assembly | 42.5 ±6.4 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-09-10 |
| LiveBench | 73.7 | max · 23 runs | LiveBench | 2026-06-25 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 21.0 ±4.1 | max | Epoch AI | 2026-07-28 |
| ↳ | 17.0 ±3.8 | low | Epoch AI | 2026-08-27 |
| ↳ | 12.0 ±3.3 | medium | Epoch AI | 2026-08-27 |
| Settings differ by 9.0 points on this benchmark. | ||||
The leading figure for a benchmark is the median across its configurations, so one heroic high-effort run cannot set the number.
Available from 59 hosts
| Host | In $/M | Out $/M | Cache rd | Cache wr | Context | Output | Retires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openaivendor | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M 922K | 128K | — |
| 302ai | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| abacus | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | — | 1M | 128K | — |
| aihubmix | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| aihubmix · aihubmix | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| aimlapi | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| aixy | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| amazon-bedrock · global | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| azure | $0.20 $0.22 | $1.20 $1.32 | $0.02 $0.022 | $0.25 $0.275 | 1.1M 922K | 128K | 2028-01-11 |
| azure-cognitive-services | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| bedrock_converse · global | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 922K | 128K | — |
| boundless | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | — | 262K | 128K | — |
| cloudflare-ai-gateway | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| commandcode | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| crossmodel | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| databricks | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M 922K | 128K | — |
| edenai | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| github_copilot · github-copilot | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 200K | 128K | — |
| github-copilot | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| impossibl | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| kenari | $0.20 | $1.1429 | $0.02 | $0.2571 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| kilo | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| llmgateway | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| llmgateway-providers | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| lowrouter · auto | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| merge-gateway | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| nano-gpt | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| nearai | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| neon | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| ofox | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| opencode | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| opencode_go · opencode-go | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 922K | 128K | — |
| opencode-go | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| openrouter | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| opper | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1M | 128K | — |
| orcarouter | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| perplexity | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | — | — | — | — |
| perplexity-agent | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| prime | $0.20 | $1.20 | — | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| requesty | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| sap-ai-core | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| standardcompute | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 50K | — |
| vercel | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| zenmux | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| zerogpu · zerogpu | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.20 | — | 272K | 128K | — |
| cortecs | $0.219 | $1.32 | $0.022 | $0.275 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| amazon-bedrock | $0.22 | $1.32 | $0.022 | $0.275 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| amazon-bedrock · in | $0.22 | $1.32 | $0.022 | $0.275 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| amazon-bedrock · us | $0.22 | $1.32 | $0.022 | $0.275 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| bedrock_converse · us | $0.22 | $1.32 | $0.022 | $0.275 | 922K | 128K | — |
| bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | $0.22 $0.27 | $1.32 $1.62 | $0.022 $0.027 | $0.275 $0.3375 | 922K | 128K | — |
| llmgateway-providers · aws-mantle | $0.22 | $1.32 | $0.022 | $0.275 | 922K | 128K | — |
| bothub | $0.2677 | $1.6064 | — | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| kyma · kyma | $0.2944 | $1.767 | $0.027 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| routing-run | $0.70 | $4.20 | — | — | 1M | 128K | — |
| ai-router | $1.00 | $6.00 | $0.10 | $1.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| pioneer | $1.00 | $6.00 | $0.10 | $1.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| vivgrid | $1.00 | $6.00 | $0.10 | $1.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| chatgpt · chatgpt | — | — | — | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
Price history
append-only observations · a listing writes a row only when its price moves
| Date | Host | Field | $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | abacus | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-22 | abacus | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | aihubmix | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-22 | aihubmix | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | azure-cognitive-services | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-20 | azure-cognitive-services | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Cache read | $0.022 |
| 2026-09-04 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Cache read | $0.022 |
| 2026-10-08 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Cache read | $0.022 |
| 2026-09-02 | databricks | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-06 | databricks | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-22 | databricks | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-10-29 | databricks | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | neon | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-02 | neon | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-06 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | sap-ai-core | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-22 | sap-ai-core | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | zenmux | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-10-22 | zenmux | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | aihubmix | Cache write | $1.25 |
| 2026-10-22 | aihubmix | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-02 | azure-cognitive-services | Cache write | $1.25 |
| 2026-10-20 | azure-cognitive-services | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-02 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Cache write | $0.275 |
| 2026-09-04 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Cache write | $0.275 |
| 2026-10-08 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Cache write | $0.275 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-19 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-02 | zenmux | Cache write | $1.25 |
| 2026-10-22 | zenmux | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-02 | abacus | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | abacus | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | aihubmix | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | aihubmix | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | azure-cognitive-services | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-20 | azure-cognitive-services | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Input | $0.22 |
| 2026-09-04 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Input | $0.22 |
| 2026-10-08 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Input | $0.22 |
| 2026-09-02 | databricks | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-09-06 | databricks | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | databricks | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-10-29 | databricks | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | kenari | Input | free |
| 2026-10-22 | kenari | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | neon | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | neon | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-06 | openrouter | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | sap-ai-core | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | sap-ai-core | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | zenmux | Input | $1.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | zenmux | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | abacus | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | abacus | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | aihubmix | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | aihubmix | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | azure-cognitive-services | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-10-20 | azure-cognitive-services | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Output | $1.32 |
| 2026-09-04 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Output | $1.32 |
| 2026-10-08 | bedrock_mantle · bedrock-mantle | Output | $1.32 |
| 2026-09-02 | databricks | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-09-06 | databricks | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | databricks | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-10-29 | databricks | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | kenari | Output | free |
| 2026-10-22 | kenari | Output | $1.1429 |
| 2026-09-02 | neon | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | neon | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-06 | openrouter | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | sap-ai-core | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | sap-ai-core | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | zenmux | Output | $6.00 |
| 2026-10-22 | zenmux | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-06 | databricks | Cache write | $1.25 |
| 2026-10-22 | databricks | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-10-29 | databricks | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-11 | bothub | Input | $0.06 |
| 2026-10-22 | bothub | Input | $0.2677 |
| 2026-09-11 | bothub | Output | $0.37 |
| 2026-10-22 | bothub | Output | $1.6064 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Cache read | $0.026 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Input | $0.26 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Output | $1.56 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-10-21 | aimlapi | Cache write | $0.325 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Cache write | $0.25 |
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