GPT-6 Astra vs GPT-6.1 Sol vs Claude Fable 5.1
GPT-6.1 Sol comes out ahead, 68 to 63 and 61 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
OpenAIGPT-6 Astra
63/100- ECI166.5
- Price$10.00 / $50.00
- Context1.05M
- Our pickOpenAI
GPT-6.1 Sol
68/100- ECI—
- Price$2.00 / $10.00
- Context1.05M
AnthropicClaude Fable 5.1
61/100- ECI164.8
- Price$10.00 / $50.00
- Context1M
GPT-6.1 Sol is our pick
GPT-6.1 Sol is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against GPT-6 Astra (63) and Claude Fable 5.1 (61). It leads on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because GPT-6.1 Sol has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityGPT-6 AstraShared benchmarks: GPT-6 Astra 89.8% · GPT-6.1 Sol 89.2% · Claude Fable 5.1 87.0%
- Lowest priceGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Sol $4.00 · GPT-6 Astra $20.00 · Claude Fable 5.1 $20.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 SolGPT-6 Astra 1,050,000 · GPT-6.1 Sol 1,050,000 · Claude Fable 5.1 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsGPT-6 Astra: Text, Images, PDFs · GPT-6.1 Sol: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Fable 5.1: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | GPT-6 Astra | GPT-6.1 Sol | Claude Fable 5.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 50% | 90 | 89 | 87 |
| Price | 25% | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 61 | 61 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 63/100 | 68/100 | 61/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI | Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 166.5 (best) | — | 164.8 |
| ECI rank | #2 of 148 (best) | — | #4 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 95.8% (best) | 95.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 93.7% (best) | 93.7% (best) | 90.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 75.6% (best) | 73.9% | 70.8% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $10.00 | $2.00 (best) | $10.00 |
| Output | $50.00 | $10.00 (best) | $50.00 |
| Cached input | $1.00 | $0.10 (best) | $0.25 |
| Blended (3:1) | $20.00 | $4.00 (best) | $20.00 |
| Long-context rate | Over 272K: $20.00 / $75.00 | Over 272K: $4.00 / $15.00 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official OpenAI API | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,050,000 tokens (best) | 1,050,000 tokens (best) | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gpt-6-astra | gpt-6.1-sol | claude-fable-5-1 |
| API providers | 26 | 21 | 29 (best) |
| Released | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 30, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | Jun 2026 |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-6 Astra$200.00
- GPT-6.1 Sol$40.00
- Claude Fable 5.1$200.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol or Claude Fable 5.1?
GPT-6.1 Sol is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against GPT-6 Astra (63) and Claude Fable 5.1 (61). It leads on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because GPT-6.1 Sol has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol or Claude Fable 5.1?
GPT-6.1 Sol is cheaper at $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 input / $50.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Claude Fable 5.1 costs $10.00 input / $50.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $4.00 per million tokens for GPT-6.1 Sol versus $20.00 for GPT-6 Astra (5× as much) and $20.00 for Claude Fable 5.1 (5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified): GPT-6 Astra 89.8%, GPT-6.1 Sol 89.2% and Claude Fable 5.1 87.0%. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-6 Astra 93.7%, GPT-6.1 Sol 93.7%, Claude Fable 5.1 90.2%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-6 Astra 100%, GPT-6.1 Sol 100%, Claude Fable 5.1 100%; SimpleQA Verified — GPT-6 Astra 75.6%, GPT-6.1 Sol 73.9%, Claude Fable 5.1 70.8%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Fable 5.1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-6 Astra leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol have the largest context windows (1,050,000 and 1,050,000 tokens), against 1,000,000 for Claude Fable 5.1. Maximum output per response: GPT-6 Astra up to 128,000, GPT-6.1 Sol up to 128,000, Claude Fable 5.1 up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-6 Astra accepts text, images and PDFs; GPT-6.1 Sol accepts text, images and PDFs; Claude Fable 5.1 accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
No. GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Fable 5.1 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
GPT-6.1 Sol is the newest, released Sep 29, 2026. GPT-6 Astra came out Sep 4, 2026; Claude Fable 5.1 came out Sep 1, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-6 Astra Apr 30, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol Apr 30, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 Jun 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
