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Model comparison 2026

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs GPT-6 Sol

Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic · Budget · Proprietary
$0.22/1M · 1M ctx
GPT-6 Sol
OpenAI · Balanced · Proprietary
$4.40/1M · 1.1M ctx

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Pick a winner in each dimension. You can change your vote any time.

Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for money
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results: fewer refusals, loops and format breaks

Specs and pricing side by side

Spec
Haiku 5.5
GPT-6 Sol
Maker
Anthropic
OpenAI
Blended price / 1M
$0.22
$4.40
Input / output
$0.10 in · $0.50 out / 1M tokens
$2.00 in · $10 out / 1M tokens
Context window
1M
1.1M
Open weights
No
No
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes
Output Quality
9.1
9.4
Agentic Ability
9.0
9.4
Speed
9.6
8.2
Value for money
9.4
8.6
Reliability
9.3
9.2

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Haiku 5.5 or GPT-6 Sol?

Updated 2026-10-13

Choose Claude Haiku 5.5 if you want subagents, routing and high-volume steps that stay under 100K tokens per request. Choose GPT-6 Sol if you want existing GPT-6 Sol setups and calls that need no-reasoning mode.

In our editorial scoring, Claude Haiku 5.5 leads in 3 of five dimensions (speed, value for money and reliability), while GPT-6 Sol leads in 2. On price, Claude Haiku 5.5 runs about $0.22 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; GPT-6 Sol is about $4.40 and proprietary.

Where Haiku 5.5 falls short
  • Prompts over 100K tokens cost 5x, on the whole request
  • New tokenizer counts about 30% more tokens than Haiku 4.5 for the same text
Full Haiku 5.5 breakdown →
Where GPT-6 Sol falls short
  • Superseded by GPT-6.1 Sol, which scores higher at the same price
  • Cached input costs $0.20 per million, twice GPT-6.1 Sol
Full GPT-6 Sol breakdown →

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