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Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated August 2026
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2/6 models| Organization | ||
| OpenTools Score | 55 9.2 | 82 4.7 |
| Family | Claude Sonnet | GPT-5.6 |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Context Window | 1.0M tokens | 1.1M tokens |
| Input Price | $2.00/M tokens | $5.00/M tokens |
| Output Price | $10.00/M tokens | $30.00/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | Introductory pricing is $2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens through August 31, 2026; standard pricing becomes $3/$15 afterward. | OpenAI pricing page lists $5 input and $30 output per 1M tokens, 90% cache-read discount, and 1.25x cache-write pricing for GPT-5.6. |
| Capabilities | textvisionreasoningcodingtool-useextended-thinkingagents | textvisionreasoningcodingtool-useweb-searchfile-searchcomputer-useagents |
| Max Output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens |
| API Identifier | claude-sonnet-5 | gpt-5.6-sol |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 53artificial-analysis | 59artificial-analysis |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index | — | 80artificial-analysis |
| View Claude Sonnet 5 | View GPT-5.6 Sol | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5Cheapest | $2.00 | $5.00 | $7.00 | — |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | $5.00 | $15.00 | $20.00 | +186% |
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic next-generation Sonnet model and a drop-in upgrade from Sonnet 4.6. Anthropic docs state that adaptive thinking is on by default, manual extended thinking is removed, sampling parameter overrides return errors, and the model supports a 1M token context window with 128K max output.
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol is OpenAI frontier GPT-5.6 model for complex professional work across coding, knowledge work, science, cybersecurity, and agentic workflows. OpenAI model docs list it as the GPT-5.6 alias target with function, web search, file search, and computer use tools, 1.05M context, and 128K max output.
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