Compare · 2026-10-14

GPT-5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads GPT-5.6 Sol in 1 of 8 shared categories: Factuality.

CategoryGPT-5.5GPT-5.6 Sol
General LLM
#21 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 14.285714285714292
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#17 · #17 in General LLM
Margin 11.564625850340136
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#25 · #25 in Reasoning
Margin 17.808219178082197
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#12 · #12 in Reasoning
Margin 8.904109589041099
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Math
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Science
#30 · #30 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026
#13 · #13 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
Coding
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#9 · #9 in Coding
Margin 45.45454545454545
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
Coding › Agentic—
#9 · #9 in Coding › Agentic
Margin 45.45454545454545
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
Coding › Web dev
#44 · #44 in Coding › Web dev
Margin 40.18691588785047
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#21 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev
Margin 18.691588785046733
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Long context
#23 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 15.646258503401356
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#13 · #13 in Long context
Margin 8.84353741496598
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#10 · Was SOTA · Vision
Margin 28.94736842105263
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026
#3 · Near-SOTA · Vision
Margin 10.526315789473685
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
Factuality
#5 · Was SOTA · Factuality
Margin 4.477611940298502
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#14 · #14 in Factuality
Margin 11.194029850746276
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Abstraction (ARC)
#7 · #7 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 23, 2026
#3 · #3 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
Price per 1M tokens

GPT-5.5: $11.25 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.6 Sol: $4.000000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

GPT-5.5: closed weights.

GPT-5.6 Sol: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in General LLM at #17 against #21.

Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Reasoning at #12 against #25.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Science at #13 against #30.

Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Coding › Web dev at #21 against #44.

Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Long context at #13 against #23.

Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Vision at #3 against #10.

Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads GPT-5.6 Sol in Factuality at #5 against #14.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #7.

GPT-5.5 · GPT-5.6 Sol

GPT-5.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.5 leads GPT-5.6 Sol in 1 of 8 shared categories: Factuality.

GPT-5.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in General LLM at #17 against #21.

GPT-5.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol for Reasoning?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Reasoning at #12 against #25.

GPT-5.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5.5 in Science at #13 against #30.