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Released September 2026

GPT-6 Astra (Low) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis

Model Comparison

This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of GPT-6 Astra (Low) for your use-case.

Lowest Time per Task

#1
AzureAzure
2.9 min
#2
OpenAIOpenAI
3.1 min

Time per Intelligence Index task (minutes)

Total 2 providers

Lowest Cost per Task

#1
OpenAIOpenAI
$1.42
#2
AzureAzure
$1.47

Cost per Intelligence Index task

Total 2 providers

GPT-6 Astra (low) is available through 2 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.

  • For time per task, Azure (2.9 min) and OpenAI (3.1 min) finish an Intelligence Index task fastest.
  • For cost per task, OpenAI ($1.42) and Azure ($1.47) are the cheapest per Intelligence Index task.
Inference time (minutes) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better
Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better

Pricing

Cost per Intelligence Index Task: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Segmented by token type · Lower is better

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Lower is better

Output Speed vs. Cost per Task: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Output speed: output tokens divided by total request time, including time to first token · Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Speed

Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured

Time per Intelligence Index Task: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Output tokens divided by end-to-end output speed (minutes per Intelligence Index task) · Lower is better

Latency

Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured

Time to First Answer Token: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Seconds until the first answer token after any reasoning · Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured · Lower is better

Reliability

Share of requests the endpoint failed, across all the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured

Endpoint Error Rate: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Share of requests the endpoint failed with an error, a rate limit or a timeout · Across all the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured · Lower is better

Caching

Cache Hit Rate: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Median across multi-turn agentic session runs in the last four weeks, updated Oct 26, 2026 · Higher is better

Cost per Task vs. Cache Hit Rate: GPT-6 Astra (Low)

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Cache hit rate: median of the last four weeks, updated Oct 26, 2026
Most attractive quadrant

Key Comparison Metrics & API Features

Microsoft Azure logoMicrosoft Azure
$1.47
2.9
2.66
0.0%
524k
Proprietary
OpenAI logoOpenAI
$1.42
3.1
3.23
0.0%
1M
Proprietary

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about GPT-6 Astra (Low) providers