GPT-5.6 SolvsGPT 5.5 Instant
GPT-5.6 Sol leads the overall Podium Score by 6.8 points (80.8 vs 74.0).Category wins: GPT-5.6 Sol 0 — 0 GPT 5.5 Instant.GPT 5.5 Instant is the cheaper pick ($10/M vs $30/M per 1M output tokens). GPT-5.6 Sol is faster (72 t/s vs 50 t/s).
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Sol | GPT 5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Podium Score | 80.8 ▲ | 74.0 |
| Arena Elo | 1483 | — |
| Intelligence Index | 59.0 | — |
| Coding | 64.8 | — |
| Math | 70.7 | — |
| Reasoning | 87.6 | — |
| Agentic | 33.9 | — |
| Knowledge | 22.0 | — |
| Multimodal | 97.4 | — |
| Long-context | 100.0 | — |
| Output speed | 72 t/s ▲ | 50 t/s |
| Output price | $30/M | $10/M ▲ |
| Context window | 1100K ▲ | 128K |
Scores aggregated from five leaderboards on 2026-08-05. See Methodology. More head-to-heads: GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Mythos Preview · GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Fable 5 · GPT-5.6 Sol vs Kimi K3 · GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Opus 5