GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) for your use-case.
Lowest Time per Task
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AzureTime per Intelligence Index task (minutes)
Total 5 providers
Lowest Cost per Task
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Total 5 providers
GPT-6.1 Sol (max) is available through 5 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For time per task, OpenAI (Ultrafast) (5.8 min), OpenAI (Fast) (14.8 min), and OpenAI (Flex) (19.4 min) finish an Intelligence Index task fastest.
- For cost per task, OpenAI (Flex) ($0.64), OpenAI ($1.27), and Azure ($1.29) are the cheapest per Intelligence Index task. Cost varies up to 11.9x across providers.
Pricing
Cost per Intelligence Index Task: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Output Speed vs. Cost per Task: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Speed
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time per Intelligence Index Task: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Latency
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time to First Answer Token: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Reliability
Share of requests the endpoint failed, across all the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Endpoint Error Rate: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Caching
Cache Hit Rate: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Cost per Task vs. Cache Hit Rate: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) providers
GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is available through 5 API providers: OpenAI, Azure, OpenAI (Fast), OpenAI (Flex), and OpenAI (Ultrafast). Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is currently available through 5 API providers that we benchmark and track.
By time per task, the fastest providers for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) are OpenAI (Ultrafast) (5.8 min), OpenAI (Fast) (14.8 min), and OpenAI (Flex) (19.4 min). Time per task divides the model's output tokens per Intelligence Index task by each provider's end-to-end output speed.
The providers with the lowest time to first answer token for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) are OpenAI (Ultrafast) (30.39s), OpenAI (Fast) (108.91s), and OpenAI (Flex) (136.29s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable providers for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) by blended price are OpenAI (Flex) ($0.73 per 1M tokens), OpenAI ($1.47 per 1M tokens), and Azure ($1.47 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The providers with the lowest input token pricing for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) are OpenAI (Flex) ($1.00 per 1M input tokens), OpenAI ($2.00 per 1M input tokens), and Azure ($2.00 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) are OpenAI (Flex) ($5.00 per 1M output tokens), OpenAI ($10.00 per 1M output tokens), and Azure ($10.00 per 1M output tokens).
Prices for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) vary up to 12.1x across providers. The most affordable is OpenAI (Flex) at $0.73 per 1M tokens, while OpenAI (Ultrafast) charges $8.82 per 1M tokens.
Time per task for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) varies significantly across providers. OpenAI (Ultrafast) is the quickest at 5.8 minutes per Intelligence Index task, 4.5x quicker than Azure at 26.1 minutes.
All 5 providers of GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) support JSON mode for structured output.
All 5 providers of GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) support function calling (tool use).
For GPT-6.1 Sol (Max), OpenAI (Ultrafast) offers the best performance with the lowest time per task and lowest latency. For cost optimization, OpenAI (Flex) provides the most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for GPT-6.1 Sol (Max), consider: time per task (how quickly the provider completes an Intelligence Index task), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview