OpenAIreasoningGPT-6.1 Sol pricing
$2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.67¢ per chat answer and 3.1¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
Official price at OpenAI: $2.00 / $10.00 per 1M, cached $0.10 (source, verified Oct 18, 2026).
What GPT-6.1 Sol costs per task
Every row below was measured: we ran the task on this model and counted the tokens. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.67¢$6.72 / 1,000 | 45 in · 560 out · 103 reasoning | 246 of 336 | measured |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.18¢$1.78 / 1,000 | 258 in · 126 out | 220 of 336 | measured |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 2.3¢$23.00 / 1,000 | 59 in · 2,116 out · 172 reasoning | 252 of 336 | measured |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 1.2¢$12.32 / 1,000 | 283 in · 1,103 out · 72 reasoning | 226 of 336 | measured |
| Translate 1,000 words | 1.6¢$15.99 / 1,000 | 1,330 in · 1,289 out · 44 reasoning | 222 of 336 | measured |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.81¢$8.06 / 1,000 | 718 in · 662 out | 248 of 336 | measured |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 3.1¢$31.05 / 1,000 | 12,987 in · 482 out · 26 reasoning | 263 of 336 | measured |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.52¢$5.25 / 1,000 | 373 in · 450 out | 229 of 336 | measured |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 8.4¢$84.28 / 1,000 | 4,779 in · 919 out · 6,553 reasoning | 272 of 336 | measured |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 1.2¢$11.80 / 1,000 | 3,690 in · 442 out | 251 of 336 | measured |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.77¢$7.71 / 1,000 | 1,261 in · 442 out · 77 reasoning | 183 of 336 | measured |
| Review 500 lines of code | 4.9¢$48.89 / 1,000 | 4,557 in · 1,135 out · 2,843 reasoning | 252 of 336 | measured |
| Write a SQL query | 0.48¢$4.84 / 1,000 | 126 in · 312 out · 147 reasoning | 221 of 336 | measured |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 53¢$529 / 1,000 | 2,237,500 in · 15,000 out | 174 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving GPT-6.1 Sol through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAIunknown | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.05 | 1.05M | 100% |
 Azureunknown | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.10 | 1.05M | 100% |
OpenAIunknown | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.10 | 1.05M | 100% |
 Amazon Bedrockunknown | $2.20 / $11.00 | $0.11 | 1.05M | 100% |
Azureunknown | $2.20 / $11.00 | $0.11 | 1.05M | 100% |
Azureunknown | $2.20 / $11.00 | $0.11 | 1.05M | 100% |
OpenAIunknown | $4.00 / $20.00 | $0.20 | 1.05M | 100% |
OpenAIunknown | $12.00 / $60.00 | $0.60 | 1.05M |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Oct 5, 2026 at $2.00 input / $10.00 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does GPT-6.1 Sol cost?
GPT-6.1 Sol costs $2.00 per 1 million input tokens and $10.00 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.10 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.67¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 3.1¢.
Where is GPT-6.1 Sol cheapest?
Among 8 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at OpenAI: $1.00 input and $5.00 output per 1M tokens.
Does GPT-6.1 Sol charge for reasoning tokens?
Yes. Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens. That is why the cost per task can be much higher than the visible answer suggests - our task costs include them.
Is the GPT-6.1 Sol cost per task measured or estimated?
Measured: we ran all 13 benchmark prompts on GPT-6.1 Sol through OpenRouter and recorded the tokens it used.