Cost-efficient GPT-5.6 model for fast, high-volume workloads
Specification
most-agreed values
Context
1.1M
Max output
128K
Released
2026-07-09
Knowledge cutoff
2026-02-16
Retires
—
Open weights
no
Input
text, image, pdf
Output
text
Price
US dollars per million tokens · most-agreed
Input
$0.20
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.02
Cache write
$0.25
Available from 7 hosts
| Host | In $/M | Out $/M | Cache rd | Cache wr | Context | Output | Retires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302ai | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| kilo | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| nano-gpt | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| openrouter | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| aimlapi | $0.2116 | $1.2696 | $0.0212 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| kyma · kyma | $0.2703 | $1.621 | $0.027 | — | 1.1M | 128K | — |
| prime | $1.00 | $6.00 | — | — | 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 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-13 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.02 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-13 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.25 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-13 | openrouter | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Input | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-09-13 | openrouter | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Output | $1.20 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Cache read | $0.0275 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Cache read | $0.0212 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Input | $0.2751 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Input | $0.2116 |
| 2026-10-13 | aimlapi | Output | $1.6505 |
| 2026-10-23 | aimlapi | Output | $1.2696 |
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