GPT-6.1 Sol launches with near-Astra coding, computer-use, and professional-work capability at one-fifth of Astra's standard API input and output token prices

GPT-6.1 Sol is positioned as a model for coding, computer use, and professional work, with intelligence described as "near-Astra." Relative to the prior model tier referenced against Astra, this announcement directs near-Astra capability toward three concrete use areas: coding, computer use, and professional work. Based on the capability positioning in the announcement summary; no benchmark names, scores, task sets, or comparison details are provided.

GPT-6.1 Sol's standard API input and output token prices are stated to be one-fifth of Astra's. This price ratio places near-Astra capability and a substantially lower per-token rate in the same announcement, forming the core selling point of the release. Based on the price-ratio statement in the announcement summary; no specific unit prices, billing tiers, context length, or rate limits are given.

The announcement targets developers and teams needing coding, computer use, and professional-work capability, in settings where the model is called through the standard API with input and output token billing. The text positions the model as "near-Astra" rather than equivalent, so its intended scope is to carry these three workload types at a lower unit price rather than to replace all uses of Astra.

The text does not give specific unit prices, benchmark names or scores, context length, rate limits, availability regions, or release timing, nor does it explain the basis for "near-Astra." Because the reading scope is only a summary, figures and evaluation tables are absent, so the exact basis for the capability and price claims cannot be checked further; these remain open questions for readers before deciding.