GPT-5.6 Sol
Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.
Illustrative workloads
Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.
Workload and pricing scenario
Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.
Workload cost calculator
Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.
Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.
Picking a specific hour also previews time-of-day rates that are scheduled but have not started billing yet; those rows are labelled · preview with their start instant. Now only ever shows rates that are billable at this moment.
What this lane charges right now
Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.
Standard (from 2026-09-01) — priced under the selected scenario, differs from the flat listed rate
Where this workload's cost goes
60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.
$24.00 + $21.60 + $4.20 = $49.80
How much to trust these numbers
Flagship (hardest reasoning / coding / agentic). GA 2026-07-09. The original Foundry Global meter was $5.00/$0.50/$30.00; a commercial retail tranche effective 2026-09-01 now carries $4.00/$0.40/$20.00, matching OpenAI's promotional direct rate.
Azure Retail Prices API, serviceName 'Foundry Models', captured 2026-09-14: the original '5.6 sol ShortCo Inp/Cd Inp/Opt Std Gl 1M Tokens' meters were $5.00/$0.50/$30.00 effective 2026-07-01; the commercial '5.6 sol ShortCo Inp Std Gl', '5.6 sol ShortCo Cd Inp Std Gl', '5.6 sol ShortCo Cd Wr Std Gl' and '5.6 sol ShortCo Opt Std Gl 1M Tokens' meters are $4.00/$0.40/$5.00/$20.00 per M effective 2026-09-01 across 24 Global regions. OpenAI's official API pricing page lists the matching $4.00/$0.40/$20.00 direct promotion through at least November 21, 2026; the dated Standard variant below represents the current Azure retail rate.
Same-model deployment markup
How much this Foundry lane costs over the same model's Direct API rate.
Not available — no Direct API listing exists for this exact model in the catalog.
Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost
Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.
- GPT-5.6 Terra Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Global$49.38CHF 39.75-$0.42 (-1%) vs this lane
- GPT-6 Sol Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAI · OpenAI direct APISame providerDirect API$48.75CHF 39.24-$1.05 (-2%) vs this lane
- GPT-6 Sol Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Global$48.75CHF 39.24-$1.05 (-2%) vs this lane
- GPT-6 Sol Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Data Zone$53.63CHF 43.17+$3.82 (+8%) vs this lane
- GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Data Zone$54.78CHF 44.10+$4.98 (+10%) vs this lane
- GPT-6.1 Sol Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Data Zone$41.75CHF 33.60-$8.05 (-16%) vs this lane