Compare · 2026-10-14

GPT-5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-6.1 Sol in 0 of 7 shared categories.

CategoryGPT-5GPT-6.1 Sol
General LLM
#76 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 51.70068027210884
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#18 · #18 in General LLM
Margin 12.244897959183675
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#78 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 54.10958904109589
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#15 · #15 in Reasoning
Margin 10.958904109589042
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
#4 · #4 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 29, 2026
Coding
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#2 · Near-SOTA · Coding
Margin 13.63636363636364
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
Coding › Agentic—
#2 · Near-SOTA · Coding › Agentic
Margin 13.63636363636364
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
#4 · Near-SOTA · Coding › Web dev
Margin 2.803738317757009
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Long context
#107 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 72.78911564625851
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#17 · #17 in Long context
Margin 11.564625850340136
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
#1 · Co-SOTA · Vision
Margin 0
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 29, 2026
Factuality
#93 · #93 in Factuality
Margin 70.14925373134328
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#29 · #29 in Factuality
Margin 22.388059701492537
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Abstraction (ARC)
#34 · #34 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#1 · #1 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 29, 2026
Price per 1M tokens

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

GPT-6.1 Sol: $4.000000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

GPT-5: closed weights.

GPT-6.1 Sol: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #18 against #76.

Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Reasoning at #15 against #78.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Science at #4 against #54.

Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Coding › Web dev at #4 against #66.

Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Long context at #17 against #107.

Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Factuality at #29 against #93.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #34.

GPT-5 · GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-5 or GPT-6.1 Sol?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-6.1 Sol in 0 of 7 shared categories.

GPT-5 or GPT-6.1 Sol for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #18 against #76.

GPT-5 or GPT-6.1 Sol for Reasoning?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Reasoning at #15 against #78.

GPT-5 or GPT-6.1 Sol for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol leads GPT-5 in Science at #4 against #54.