GPT-5.6: API pricing, providers and specs
Textby OpenAI
GPT-5.6 is a text model by OpenAI. One provider serves it: Prime Inference, at $30 /1M.
Lowest price$30/1Mat Prime Inference
Maker's price—The maker does not sell it
Providers1
Context—
How GPT-5.6 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $30 /1M, its lowest price is above 96% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- 1 providers serve it; 0% of comparable models have fewer.
GPT-5.6 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Prime Inference | $5/1M | $30/1M | — | — |
Prices in US dollars, updated daily from each provider. Prices last checked Oct 25, 2026.
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- OpenAI
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- —
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Monthly searches
- 26K
Alternatives to GPT-5.6
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6this model | $30/1M | — | — | 1 |
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| Claude Opus 5.5 | $16/1M | 1M | 1807 | 33 |
| Claude-Sonnet-3.5 | $15/1M | — | 1298 | 1 |
| Claude Opus 5 | $20/1M | 1M | 1690 | 32 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $12/1M | 1M | 1523 | 31 |
| Claude Fable 5 | $40/1M | 1M | 1624 | 30 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | $40/1M | 1M | 1743 | 29 |
 Gemini 3 Pro | $12/1M | — | 1479 | 1 |
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The lowest price for GPT-5.6 is $30 /1M, at Prime Inference.
We have not found GPT-5.6's weights published by its maker.
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