OpenAI Releases GPT-6.1 Sol: Near-Astra Coding and Computer Use at One-Fifth of Astra’s Token Price

OpenAI released a mid-tier model that performs comparably to its highest-tier model on coding and professional work tasks but costs one-fifth as much. The model includes a large context window of 1,050,000 tokens, supports five levels of reasoning effort, and is available through the API and in hosted applications. This matters because it offers organizations a cost-effective option for agentic tasks and computer use without sacrificing performance on key benchmarks compared to more expensive competitors. The model fits into OpenAI's three-tier GPT-6 pricing strategy, positioned between the most expensive tier and the most affordable tier.