GPT-5.6: API pricing, providers and specs
GPT-5.6 is a text model by OpenAI. 29 providers serve it, from $10 to $30 /1M; the lowest price is at Boundless.
How GPT-5.6 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $10 /1M, its lowest price is above 86% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 1.05M-token context window is larger than 95% of them (median 262K), about 1580 pages of text.
- On LMArena's WebDev board it ranks #21 of the 64 comparable models scored there.
- 29 providers serve it; 96% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boundless | $2/1M | $10/1M | $0.20/1M | — |
| Replicate | $2/1M | $10/1M | — | — |
| APIMart | $3.20/1M | $16/1M | — | — |
 CometAPI | $3.20/1M | From$16/1M | — | — |
 Kenari | $2.87/1M | $17.12/1M | $1.15/1M | — |
| OpenAIOfficial | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
| ZenMux | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
 CrossModel | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
 Opper | $4/1M | $20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
 Requesty | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
 Ofox | $4/1M | $20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
 Venice AI | $4/1M | $20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
 OrcaRouter | $4/1M | $20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
 NEAR AI Cloud | $4/1M | $20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
 AIHubMix | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
 Impossibl | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
| OpenRouter | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
 Perplexity | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
 APIYI | $4/1M | $20/1M | — | — |
 LaoZhang API | $4/1M | $20/1M | — | — |
 FastRouter | $4/1M | From$20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1.05M |
 Jiekou.AI | $4/1M | $20/1M | $0.40/1M | — |
| AI/ML API | $4.23/1M | $21.16/1M | $0.423/1M | — |
 Cortecs | $4.42/1M | $22.10/1M | $0.442/1M | — |
 Prime Inference | $5/1M | $30/1M | — | — |
 CrazyRouter | $5/1M | $30/1M | — | — |
| Atlas Cloud | $5/1M | $30/1M | $0.50/1M | — |
- Boundless$10
- Replicate$10
- APIMart$16
- CometAPIFrom$16
- Kenari$17.12
- Opper$20
- Ofox$20
- Venice AI$20
- OrcaRouter$20
- NEAR AI Cloud$20
- APIYI$20
- LaoZhang API$20
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- OpenAI
- Inputs
- Image, Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 1.05M≈ 1580 pages of text
- Max output
- 128K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling, Vision
- Released
- Jul 9, 2026
- License
- proprietary
- Open weights
- No, API only
- Arena score
- 1615WebDev
- Monthly searches
- 28K
Alternatives to GPT-5.6
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6this model | $10/1M | 1.05M | 1615 | 29 |
 Gemini 4 Argon | $8/1M | 1.05M | 1673 | 26 |
| Kimi K3 | $8.28/1M | 1.05M | 1655 | 47 |
 Muse Wonder | $16/1M | 1.05M | — | 14 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $16/1M | 1M | 1807 | 33 |
 Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $4.11/1M | 1M | — | 22 |
| Grok 4.7 | $4.80/1M | 500K | 1637 | 28 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | $4.25/1M | 1.05M | 1657 | 11 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $8/1M | 1M | 1767 | 32 |
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GPT-5.6 FAQ
Boundless, at $10 /1M. 29 providers serve GPT-5.6; the table above lists every one with its price.
GPT-5.6 reads up to 1.05M tokens per request and writes up to 128K.
No. GPT-5.6 is only available through an API; OpenAI does not publish its weights.
29 API providers serve GPT-5.6. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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