Compare · 2026-10-14

GPT-5 vs GPT-6 Sol

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-6 Sol in 0 of 7 shared categories.

CategoryGPT-5GPT-6 Sol
General LLM
#76 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 51.70068027210884
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#43 · #43 in General LLM
Margin 29.25170068027211
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#78 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 54.10958904109589
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#39 · #39 in Reasoning
Margin 27.397260273972606
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
#8 · #8 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 22, 2026
Coding
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#5 · #5 in Coding
Margin 27.272727272727266
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
Coding › Agentic—
#5 · #5 in Coding › Agentic
Margin 27.272727272727266
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
#7 · #7 in Coding › Web dev
Margin 5.607476635514018
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Long context
#107 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 72.78911564625851
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#49 · #49 in Long context
Margin 33.33333333333333
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
#9 · #9 in Vision
Margin 26.315789473684205
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 22, 2026
Factuality
#93 · #93 in Factuality
Margin 70.14925373134328
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#70 · #70 in Factuality
Margin 52.985074626865675
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Abstraction (ARC)
#34 · #34 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025
#6 · #6 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 22, 2026
Price per 1M tokens

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

GPT-6 Sol: $4.000000000000001 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

GPT-5: closed weights.

GPT-6 Sol: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #43 against #76.

Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Reasoning at #39 against #78.

Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Science at #8 against #54.

Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Coding › Web dev at #7 against #66.

Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Long context at #49 against #107.

Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Factuality at #70 against #93.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #6 against #34.

GPT-5 · GPT-6 Sol

GPT-5 or GPT-6 Sol?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-6 Sol in 0 of 7 shared categories.

GPT-5 or GPT-6 Sol for General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #43 against #76.

GPT-5 or GPT-6 Sol for Reasoning?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Reasoning at #39 against #78.

GPT-5 or GPT-6 Sol for Science?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Sol leads GPT-5 in Science at #8 against #54.