Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs GPT-6 Sol

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 59.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 43 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 43 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 6 categories and GPT-6 Sol in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 73.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 49% for GPT-5.4 and 90% for GPT-6 Sol.
  • GPT-6 Sol is cheaper at $2 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and GPT-6 Sol specifications
GPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index59.461.8
Released2026-03-052026-09-22
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$2
Output $ / M tokens$15$10
Results tracked6845

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
DeepSWE51.8%68.8%
LMArena WebDev14651688
SciCode56.6%57.6%
LMArena Coding14971447
ALE-Bench1,6072,462
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
FrontierCode—49.3%
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
APEX-Agents52.4%54.3%
Vending-Bench 26,14414,428
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
GDP.pdf—26.4%
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
ARC-AGI-274%89.6%
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%90.1%
ARC-AGI-193.7%95.5%
CritPt23.4%30.9%
EBR-Bench25.4%53.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851418
Mystery Game Puzzles37%56%
DTBench94.4%97.3%
LMCA52%59.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81162.72
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7)

Knowledge Too close to call

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
GPQA Diamond93.3%94.3%
SimpleQA Verified45.1%60.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%6.5%
LMArena Expert15071439
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—

Multimodal GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
LMArena Vision13031245
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%36.9%
Furniture Assembly37.5%58.3%
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
LMArena Non-English14651385
LMArena Chinese15191405
LMArena French14931410
LMArena German14721390
LMArena Japanese14851385
LMArena Korean14481341
LMArena Russian14801401
LMArena Spanish14541384

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
LMArena Instruction Following14691412

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
LMArena Longer Query14731411
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-6 Sol
LMArena Text14691395
LMArena Creative Writing14391378
EQ-Bench Creative Writing18402125
LMArena Multi-Turn14821412
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than GPT-6 Sol?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 59.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or GPT-6 Sol?

GPT-6 Sol is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or GPT-6 Sol better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 52.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and GPT-6 Sol share?

43 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Sol has 45.

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