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Updated Sep 2026

GPT-6 Solvso3 Mini

o3 Mini is cheaper than GPT-6 Sol at $1.1/M vs $2/M input tokens.

GPT-6 Sol and o3 Mini compared across 20 shared prompts
SpecGPT-6 Solo3 Mini
Input price$2/M tokens$1.1/M tokens
Output price$10/M tokens$4.4/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens64K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Dec 2024
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 2 of the 20 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Advanced Investment Memo (IC Memo)

You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B…

GPT-6 Sol861 words
LedgerLift (LLLT) — Investment Committee Memo Recommendation: Short 12-month price target: $25–$35 Current price: $46 Thesis. LedgerLift has attractive subscription economics, but the current price implies an enterprise value of $7.34B—about 7.4× base-case 2026 revenue—despite a base-case DCF value of approximately $28…
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o3 Mini1,281 words
Internal Memo – LedgerLift (LLLT) Date: [Insert Date] ───────────────────────────── Recommendation & 12-Month Price Target Recommendation: SHORT 12-Month Price Target Range: $17 – $28/share Thesis: LedgerLift’s current trading price of $46 appears significantly expanded relative to our DCF valuations across base, bull…
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Mini LBO Underwrite

You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) –…

GPT-6 Sol396 words
HarborTech Services — 5-year LBO Entry funding ($m): Enterprise value is $1,440.0 (12.0 × $120.0 EBITDA), plus $28.8 of transaction fees. The $1,468.8 total is funded with a $480.0 Term Loan, $180.0 of mezzanine debt, and $808.8 of equity.
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o3 Mini1,203 words
Below is one acceptable “short‐cut” working paper that shows the key steps. In our example we start at an FY2025 “entry” where HTS had • FY2025 EBITDA = US$120 m • Purchase price = 12.0× EBITDA = US$1,440 m • Total debt = 5.5× EBITDA = US$660 m, split as: – Term Loan = 4.0× EBITDA = US$480 m (9.0% cash interest…
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Our Verdict
GPT-6 Sol
GPT-6 Sol
o3 Mini
o3 MiniRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-6 Sol has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Sol
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
o3 Mini
Input
$1.10
1.8× cheaper
Output
$4.40
2.3× cheaper

o3 Mini is cheaper on both: 1.8× input, 2.3× output.

Where to run it

4 hosts, cheapest first

GPT-6 Sol3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·96.6% upOpenAI$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·100% upAmazon Bedrock$2.20 in·$11.00 out·1.1M·99.9% up
o3 Mini1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
OpenAI$1.10 in·$4.40 out·200k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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FAQ

Common questions

Both are developed by OpenAI but target different use cases. GPT-6 Sol has a 1.1M token context window vs o3 Mini's 64K. You can compare their actual outputs across 20 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GPT-6 Sol and o3 Mini each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 20 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GPT-6 Sol costs $2/M input tokens and o3 Mini costs $1.1/M input tokens. o3 Mini is $0.90/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of GPT-6 Sol and o3 Mini across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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