"Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price"

Subject: GPT-6.1 Sol

Claim

GPT-6.1 Sol marketed as "near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price".

Finding

A third-party sunset-ocean test reported "same cost as GPT 6 Sol. Twice as slow. And it barely rendered an ocean." The ocean has declined to comment.

Timeline

29 Sept 2026
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OpenAI is marketing GPT 6.1 Sol as "near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price." We ran it through the BridgeBench sunset ocean test. Same cost as GPT 6 Sol. Twice as slow. And it barely rendered an ocean. This isn't Astra level. It feels like GPT 6 Sol with some

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