GPT-5.6 Sol vs Gemma 4 E2B: Release Comparison

Comparison of the GPT-5.6 Sol and Gemma 4 E2B releases: 6 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 8 models.

  • For intelligence, GPT-5.6 Sol scores highest: GPT-5.6 Sol (max) at 47, against Gemma 4 E2B (Reasoning) at 8 for Gemma 4 E2B.

Releases compared

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
GPT-5.6 Sol
Pareto line

Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

Further details

Input modality
Output modality
Weights
Provider Benchmarks
GPT-5.6 Sol (max)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
47
49
54
50
45
49
53
$1.99
$3.1
$4.00
$20.00
$0.40
$3,465
29k
17k
90M
84
124.25s
124.25s
130.19s
347.20s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
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Amazon BedrockOpenAIMicrosoft Azure
GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
44
47
52
49
43
45
51
$1.18
$3.1
$4.00
$20.00
$0.40
$2,082
20k
10k
51M
72
37.38s
37.38s
44.29s
267.37s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
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OpenAIMicrosoft Azure
GPT-5.6 Sol (high)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
42
46
51
47
42
43
50
$0.81
$3.1
$4.00
$20.00
$0.40
$1,487
13k
6k
34M
71
9.06s
9.06s
16.08s
178.15s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
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OpenAIMicrosoft Azure
GPT-5.6 Sol (medium)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
39
43
48
45
39
40
48
$0.50
$3.1
$4.00
$20.00
$0.40
$997
8k
3k
21M
64
5.10s
5.10s
12.95s
123.09s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
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OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Sol (low)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
33
38
42
42
36
34
44
$0.26
$3.1
$4.00
$20.00
$0.40
$637
4k
837
13M
67
3.71s
3.71s
11.17s
57.19s
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
-
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Sol (Non-reasoning)
OpenAI logoOpenAI
28
29
32
31
-
-
32
-
$3.1
$4.00
$20.00
$0.40
-
-
-
-
64
1.20s
1.20s
9.03s
-
-
1M
Jul 2026
-
No

Supports: text and image

Supports: text

Not available
-
OpenAIAmazon Bedrock
Gemma 4 E2B (Reasoning)
Google logoGoogle
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.1B
2.3B active at inference time
128k
Apr 2026
-
Yes

Supports: text, image, speech, and video

Supports: text and image

-
Gemma 4 E2B (Non-reasoning)
Google logoGoogle
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5.1B
2.3B active at inference time
128k
Apr 2026
-
No

Supports: text, image, speech, and video

Supports: text and image

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