Compare · 2026-10-14

GPT-5.6 Sol vs O1

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

CategoryGPT-5.6 SolO1
General LLM
#17 · #17 in General LLM
Margin 11.564625850340136
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#112 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 76.19047619047619
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#12 · #12 in Reasoning
Margin 8.904109589041099
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#117 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 80.82191780821918
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Math
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#34 · #34 in Math
Margin 75.55555555555556
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Science
#13 · #13 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
#77 · #77 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Coding
#9 · #9 in Coding
Margin 45.45454545454545
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Coding › Agentic
#9 · #9 in Coding › Agentic
Margin 45.45454545454545
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
—
Coding › Web dev
#21 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev
Margin 18.691588785046733
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
—
Long context
#13 · #13 in Long context
Margin 8.84353741496598
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#108 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 73.46938775510205
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#3 · Near-SOTA · Vision
Margin 10.526315789473685
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
Factuality
#14 · #14 in Factuality
Margin 11.194029850746276
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Abstraction (ARC)
#3 · #3 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
#57 · #57 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Price per 1M tokens

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

O1: $26.25 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

GPT-5.6 Sol: closed weights.

O1: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in General LLM at #17 against #112.

Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in Reasoning at #12 against #117.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in Science at #13 against #77.

Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in Long context at #13 against #108.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #57.

GPT-5.6 Sol · O1

GPT-5.6 Sol or O1?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

GPT-5.6 Sol or O1 for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in General LLM at #17 against #112.

GPT-5.6 Sol or O1 for Reasoning?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in Reasoning at #12 against #117.

GPT-5.6 Sol or O1 for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads O1 in Science at #13 against #77.