# GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-5.6 Sol

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-4.1 Mini leads GPT-5.6 Sol in 0 of 5 shared categories.

GPT-4.1 Mini: $0.7 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.6 Sol: $8.000000000000002 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-4.1 Mini: closed weights.

GPT-5.6 Sol: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-4.1 Mini in General LLM at #17 against #174.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Reasoning at #12 against #171.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Science at #13 against #99.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Long context at #13 against #168.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #89.

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-4.1 Mini is ranked #89 in Abstraction (ARC) (since Oct 15, 2026; sources ARC-AGI; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol is near state of the art, rank #3 in Vision (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GDP.pdf; methodology v1.0).