OpenAI priced GPT-6.1 Sol at $2 per million input tokens, slashing costs compared to Astra. The model beats GPT-6 Sol by 6.4 points on DeepSWE v1.1 and outperforms Opus 5.5 on AutomationBench. It targets a high-efficiency cost-performance frontier.
The Signal
Developers now have a faster, cheaper option for complex automation tasks without sacrificing raw intelligence.