gpt-5.6-sol API — compare providers

The same model (gpt-5.6-sol) is served by 3 providers; OpenAI is the cheapest at $6.0/1M blended — the priciest (Azure OpenAI) costs 483% more.

LicenseAPI onlyproprietary (Proprietary) · terms
Knowledge cutoffFebruary 2026source · ranked
Intelligence58.9Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · source · ranked

Quality and intelligence scores are attached to the model itself — identical whichever provider serves it.

RankProviderInput /1MOutput /1MBlended /1M
1OpenAI$1$5$6 ← cheapest
2Amazon Bedrock$4.4$22$26.4
3Azure OpenAI$5$30$35

Prices are per 1M tokens (USD). "Blended" = input + output, for coarse ranking. Same underlying model, 3 serving providers, 483% spread top to bottom. Context window: 400,000 tokens (128,000 max output) — see how it ranks in biggest context windows. See how this compares across the catalogue in same model, different price.

Cost per 1,000 requests by workload

What each provider actually bills for a representative job, not just the sticker price.

ProviderChatbot
1000 in / 500 out
RAG / long context
8000 in / 500 out
Batch summarize
4000 in / 1000 out
OpenAI$3.50$10.50$9.00
Amazon Bedrock$15.40$46.20$39.60
Azure OpenAI$20.00$55.00$50.00

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