GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)

OpenAI chatreasoningtool_usevision Long

API ID: openai/gpt-5.6-sol-pro-20260709

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Input Price
$2.50
/1M tokens
Output Price
$15.00
/1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.25
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About GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)

GPT-5.6 Sol Pro is the same underlying model as [GPT-5.6 Sol](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-sol), served with `reasoning.mode` set to `pro` for higher-quality responses on complex tasks. Learn more in OpenAI's docs: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/reasoning#reasoning-mode

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Price Ranking
#1172 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.1M
Max Output
128k
Release Date
2026-07-09
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use vision
Input Modalities
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Output Modalities
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Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

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  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$5.63
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$172.50
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$236.25
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch) API

OpenAI Python SDK 
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5.6-sol-pro-20260709",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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