Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs GPT-6 Sol

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 61.8 on the Noometry Index. GPT-6 Sol costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Sol in 3 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 84.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 78% for GPT-5.5 Pro and 90% for GPT-6 Sol.
  • GPT-6 Sol is cheaper at $2 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.5 Pro.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-6 Sol specifications
GPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index64.361.8
Released2026-04-232026-09-22
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$30$2
Output $ / M tokens$180$10
Results tracked1445

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
DeepSWE—68.8%
FrontierCode—49.3%
LMArena WebDev—1688
SciCode—57.6%
LMArena Coding—1447
ALE-Bench—2,462

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
APEX-Agents—54.3%
GDP.pdf—26.4%
Vending-Bench 2—14,428

Reasoning Too close to call

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
ARC-AGI-284.6%89.6%
ARC-AGI-196.5%95.5%
CritPt30.6%30.9%
DTBench96%97.3%
LMCA53.9%59.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07162.72
SimpleBench76.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)—90.1%
Chess Puzzles64%—
EBR-Bench—53.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1418
Mystery Game Puzzles—56%

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%89.8%
FrontierMath Tier 478%90%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%100%
ProofBench—83%
LMArena Math—1402
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge Too close to call

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
GPQA Diamond93.9%94.3%
SimpleQA Verified—60.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.5%
LMArena Expert—1439

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Vision—1245
Blueprint-Bench 2—36.9%
Furniture Assembly—58.3%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Non-English—1385
LMArena Chinese—1405
LMArena French—1410
LMArena German—1390
LMArena Japanese—1385
LMArena Korean—1341
LMArena Russian—1401
LMArena Spanish—1384

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Instruction Following—1412

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Longer Query—1411

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Sol
LMArena Text—1395
LMArena Creative Writing—1378
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2125
LMArena Multi-Turn—1412

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than GPT-6 Sol?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 61.8 on the Noometry Index. GPT-6 Sol costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 Pro or GPT-6 Sol?

GPT-6 Sol is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-6 Sol share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Sol has 45.

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