GPT-5.6 Sol vs Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the GPT-5.6 Sol and Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B 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 Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning) at 7 for Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B.
- For output speed, GPT-5.6 Sol is fastest: GPT-5.6 Sol (max) at 73 t/s, against Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Non-reasoning) at 41 t/s for Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B.
Releases compared
Intelligence
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Capability Indexes
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
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
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
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
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
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GPT-5.6 Sol (max) |  OpenAI | 47 | 49 | 54 | 50 | 45 | 49 | 53 | $1.99 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $3,465 | 29k | 17k | 90M | 73 | 130.17s | 130.17s | 137.05s | 398.87s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |   | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) | OpenAI | 44 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 43 | 45 | 51 | $1.18 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $2,082 | 20k | 10k | 51M | 69 | 35.55s | 35.55s | 42.81s | 287.80s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (high) | OpenAI | 42 | 46 | 51 | 47 | 42 | 43 | 50 | $0.81 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $1,487 | 13k | 6k | 34M | 64 | 17.49s | 17.49s | 25.28s | 204.81s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) | OpenAI | 39 | 43 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 48 | $0.50 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $997 | 8k | 3k | 21M | 58 | 5.07s | 5.07s | 13.67s | 133.74s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (low) | OpenAI | 33 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 34 | 44 | $0.26 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $637 | 4k | 837 | 13M | 58 | 3.71s | 3.71s | 12.31s | 68.60s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (Non-reasoning) | OpenAI | 28 | 29 | 32 | 31 | - | - | 32 | - | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | - | - | - | - | 64 | 1.22s | 1.22s | 9.08s | - | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning) |  Nous Research | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.2 | $1.00 | $3.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 2.44s | 52.37s | 64.86s | - | 406B | 128k | Aug 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |  | |||
| Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Non-reasoning) | Nous Research | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.2 | $1.00 | $3.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 2.37s | 2.37s | 14.52s | - | 406B | 128k | Aug 2025 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text | | |||