Compare · 2026-10-14

GPT-5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-5.6 Sol in 0 of 7 shared categories.

CategoryGPT-5GPT-5.6 Sol
General LLM
#76 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 51.70068027210884
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#17 · #17 in General LLM
Margin 11.564625850340136
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#78 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 54.10958904109589
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#12 · #12 in Reasoning
Margin 8.904109589041099
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Math
#15 · Was SOTA · Math
Margin 31.111111111111114
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Science
#54 · #54 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#13 · #13 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
Coding
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#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
#66 · #66 in Coding › Web dev
Margin 60.74766355140187
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#21 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev
Margin 18.691588785046733
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Long context
#107 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 72.78911564625851
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#13 · #13 in Long context
Margin 8.84353741496598
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
#3 · Near-SOTA · Vision
Margin 10.526315789473685
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
Factuality
#93 · #93 in Factuality
Margin 70.14925373134328
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#14 · #14 in Factuality
Margin 11.194029850746276
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Abstraction (ARC)
#34 · #34 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#3 · #3 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
Price per 1M tokens

GPT-5: $3.4375000000000004 per 1M blended tokens.

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

Open weights

GPT-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 in General LLM at #17 against #76.

Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Reasoning at #12 against #78.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Science at #13 against #54.

Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Coding › Web dev at #21 against #66.

Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Long context at #13 against #107.

Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Factuality at #14 against #93.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #34.

GPT-5 · GPT-5.6 Sol

GPT-5 or GPT-5.6 Sol?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-5.6 Sol in 0 of 7 shared categories.

GPT-5 or GPT-5.6 Sol for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #17 against #76.

GPT-5 or GPT-5.6 Sol for Reasoning?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Reasoning at #12 against #78.

GPT-5 or GPT-5.6 Sol for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Science at #13 against #54.