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GPT-6.1 Sol replaced GPT-6 Sol after seven days: +4 index points, +12 on Terminal-Bench 4.0, and a cache rate halved to $0.10. It also dropped the "none" reasoning setting, uses 10-30% more output tokens, and is measurably slower.
GPT-6.1 Sol matches Claude Opus 5.5's default index score for 46% less per task and ties it at low effort for 76% less — then stops at index 52, below every Opus effort above default.
OpenAI shipped GPT-6 Sol 90 minutes after Claude Opus 5.5, at half the token price. Artificial Analysis ran both on the same tests: Sol is cheaper to any index score up to about 44, then runs out of headroom. Every benchmark, both effort ladders and the real bill.