GPT-4o mini vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Compare GPT-4o mini and OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol, both from OpenAI, context windows of 128K vs 1.1M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-4o miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
GPT-4o mini is 50x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4o mini
Input
$0.15
33× cheaper
Output
$0.60
50× cheaper
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
Input
$5.00
Output
$30.00
GPT-4o mini is cheaper on both — 33× input, 50× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
72%
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol uses 3.3x more emoji
GPT-4o mini
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol
54%Vocabulary63%
18wSentence Length15w
0.84Hedging0.79
3.8Bold3.4
3.3Lists3.8
0.00Emoji0.03
1.03Headings0.95
0.23Transitions0.08
Based on 22 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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