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GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 reasoning model that OpenAI describes as its most capable, for complex reasoning, coding, computer use, research and document creation. Text and image input, text output, 1.05M-token context window, 128K max output tokens.
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Key specs
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Family
- GPT-6
- API identifier
- gpt-6-astra
- Availability
- Available
- Release date
- 2026-09-03
- License
- Proprietary
- Context window
- 1,050,000 tokens
- Max output
- 128,000 tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- April 2026
- API access
- Yes
- Consumer app
- Yes
Capabilities
Inputs
- Text input Yes
- Image input Yes
- Audio input No Model page marks audio as not supported
- Video input No Model page marks video as not supported
- File input Yes File inputs guide: PDFs (text plus page images on vision-capable models such as gpt-4o and later), documents, presentations and spreadsheets as file inputs in the Responses API; Chat Completions accepts PDF only
Outputs
- Text output Yes
- Image output No Text is the only output modality; images can be created through the Responses API image_generation tool, which uses a GPT Image model
- Audio output No Model page marks audio as not supported; text is the only output modality
Features
- Reasoning Native reasoning.effort supports low, medium, high, xhigh and max; `none` is not supported (changelog, 'Using GPT-6' guide)
- Tool calling Yes The 'Using GPT-6' guide states GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol support Chat Completions, but tool calling requires the Responses API
- Web search Yes Web search listed as a supported feature and Responses API tool on the model page; tool calls are billed separately ($10 per 1K calls plus search content tokens at model rates, pricing page)
"Unknown" means we have not verified this capability yet; it does not mean the model lacks it.
Pricing
Estimate your monthly cost →| Dimension | Tier | Price | Since | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input tokens | base | $10.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Standard processing, prompts up to 272K input tokens (pricing page, Standard table) |
| > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $20.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Standard processing, long-context column of the pricing page Standard table; the model page states that prompts with more than 272K input tokens are priced at 2x input and cache rates and 1.5x output for the full request | |
| Cached input tokens | base | $1.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Standard processing, prompts up to 272K input tokens (pricing page, Standard table) |
| > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $2.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Standard processing, long-context column of the pricing page Standard table; the model page states that prompts with more than 272K input tokens are priced at 2x input and cache rates and 1.5x output for the full request | |
| Cache writes | base | $12.50 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API 30-minute cache write (default prompt_cache_options.ttl), billed at 1.25x the uncached input rate; Standard processing, prompts up to 272K input tokens (pricing page, Standard table) |
| > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $25.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API 30-minute cache write, long-context column of the pricing page Standard table (prompts with more than 272K input tokens are priced at 2x input and cache rates for the full request) | |
| Output tokens | base | $50.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Standard processing, prompts up to 272K input tokens (pricing page, Standard table) |
| > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $75.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Standard processing, long-context column of the pricing page Standard table; the model page states that prompts with more than 272K input tokens are priced at 2x input and cache rates and 1.5x output for the full request | |
| Batch input tokens | base | $5.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Batch API, prompts up to 272K input tokens (pricing page, Batch table); the model page states Batch is priced at 50% of Standard rates |
| > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $10.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Batch API, long-context column of the pricing page Batch table (prompts with more than 272K input tokens); the model page states Batch is priced at 50% of Standard rates | |
| Batch output tokens | base | $25.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Batch API, prompts up to 272K input tokens (pricing page, Batch table); the model page states Batch is priced at 50% of Standard rates |
| > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $37.50 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Batch API, long-context column of the pricing page Batch table (prompts with more than 272K input tokens); the model page states Batch is priced at 50% of Standard rates | |
| Tool and search requests | base | $10.00 per 1,000 requests | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API Web search tool (pricing page, Tools table: all models): per 1,000 calls, plus search content tokens billed at model rates |
| Other | 12-hour cache writes | $25.00 per 1M units | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API 12-hour cache write (prompt_cache_options.ttl "12h", Responses API, added 2026-10-20), billed at 2.5x the uncached input rate; Standard, prompts up to 272K input tokens (pricing page) |
| 12-hour cache writes, > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $50.00 per 1M units | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | Pricing | OpenAI API 12-hour cache write, long-context column of the pricing page Standard table (prompts with more than 272K input tokens) |
Prices are shown in the currency the provider publishes; we never convert currencies.
Price history (15 entries)
| Dimension | Tier | Price | From | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input tokens | base | $10.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Input tokens | > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $20.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Cached input tokens | base | $1.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Cached input tokens | > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $2.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Cache writes | base | $12.50 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Cache writes | > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $25.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Output tokens | base | $50.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Output tokens | > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $75.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Batch input tokens | base | $5.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Batch input tokens | > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $10.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Batch output tokens | base | $25.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Batch output tokens | > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $37.50 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Tool and search requests | base | $10.00 per 1,000 requests | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Other | 12-hour cache writes | $25.00 per 1M units | 2026-10-25 | current |
| Other | 12-hour cache writes, > 272K input tokens (≥ 272,001 input tokens) | $50.00 per 1M units | 2026-10-25 | current |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Setting | Score | Reported by | Measured | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationBench % tasks completed correctly, higher is better | high effort | 37.1 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI |
| low effort | 30.3 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| max effort | 41.4 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| medium effort | 34.1 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| v1.0.6; high effort | 37.14 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | AutomationBench AI benchmark leaderboard (Zapier) | |
| v1.0.6; low effort | 30.29 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | AutomationBench AI benchmark leaderboard (Zapier) | |
| v1.0.6; max effort | 41.4 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | AutomationBench AI benchmark leaderboard (Zapier) | |
| v1.0.6; medium effort | 34.09 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | AutomationBench AI benchmark leaderboard (Zapier) | |
| v1.0.6; none effort | 25.27 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | AutomationBench AI benchmark leaderboard (Zapier) | |
| v1.0.6; xhigh effort | 38.96 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | AutomationBench AI benchmark leaderboard (Zapier) | |
| xhigh effort | 39 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| DeepSWE v1.1 % resolved (pass@1), higher is better | v1.1; high effort | 73.2 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI |
| v1.1; high effort; mini-swe-agent | 73 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| v1.1; low effort | 67 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| v1.1; low effort; mini-swe-agent | 67 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| v1.1; max effort | 73 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| v1.1; max effort; mini-swe-agent | 73 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| v1.1; medium effort | 72.8 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| v1.1; medium effort; mini-swe-agent | 73 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| v1.1; xhigh effort | 74.1 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| v1.1; xhigh effort; mini-swe-agent | 74 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) accuracy %, higher is better | max effort; Epoch harness (Python tool) | 93.7 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) leaderboard (Epoch AI) |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 Elo, higher is better | high effort | 1,525 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) |
| low effort | 1,391 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| max effort | 1,574 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| medium effort | 1,487 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| xhigh effort | 1,557 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| Humanity's Last Exam accuracy %, higher is better | Scale Labs harness, o3-mini judge | 54.8 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Humanity's Last Exam leaderboard (Scale Labs) |
| text-only subset; Scale Labs harness, o3-mini judge | 54.17 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Humanity's Last Exam (Text Only) leaderboard (Scale Labs) | |
| with tools; highest score across tested efforts | 57.2 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| OSWorld 2.0 % tasks completed, higher is better | v2026.08.08, offline set, partial score; high effort | 71.6 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI |
| v2026.08.08, offline set, partial score; low effort | 61.4 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| v2026.08.08, offline set, partial score; max effort | 72.6 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| v2026.08.08, offline set, partial score; xhigh effort | 71.7 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 % tasks resolved, higher is better | high effort | 57.9 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI |
| high effort; Codex harness | 57.9 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (Harbor Hub) | |
| low effort | 49.7 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| low effort; Codex harness | 50.6 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (Harbor Hub) | |
| max effort | 56.7 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| max effort; Codex harness | 58.2 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (Harbor Hub) | |
| medium effort | 53.9 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| medium effort; Codex harness | 54.2 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (Harbor Hub) | |
| xhigh effort | 57.6 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI | |
| xhigh effort; Codex harness | 57.9 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (Harbor Hub) | |
| Text Arena Arena score, higher is better | Overall, style control on; max effort | 1,476 | Third party | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-25 | Text Arena leaderboard (Arena) |
Leaderboard versions (for example 1.0.5 and 1.0.6) are not comparable. Some results use fallback routing for refused steps: for "Claude Fable 5.1 (with Opus 5 Fallback)", Opus 5 handled 260 of 657 tasks. Artificial Analysis runs a separate leaderboard, AutomationBench-AA, which uses a guardrail-adjusted metric; its scores are not comparable with Zapier's. The partial_credit metric is for diagnostics only. The leaderboard shows no per-row evaluation dates.
The official leaderboard uses mini-swe-agent for all models and shows whole-number percentages with margins of about ±1 to ±6 points. Providers often report scores from their own scaffolds or effort settings; DeepSeek reports 65.5% to 74.2% for the same model depending on the scaffold. DeepSWE v1 scores are not comparable with v1.1. With only 113 tasks, small differences are within noise.
FrontierMath was developed with funding from OpenAI, which has exclusive access to a subset of the problems. Scores from v1 and from Tier 4 (a separate 43-problem expansion set) are not comparable with Tiers 1-3 (v2). The best models score about 94%, so the benchmark separates mid-size models better than it separates frontier models. Epoch's numbers come from its own harness (Python tool, 1M-token limit), which can differ from providers' internal setups. Margins are about ±1.4 to ±2.6 points.
Elo is a relative rating: values change as models are added and the scale is re-anchored, so always store the date a rating was read. For example, Anthropic's launch page gives 1846 for Claude Opus 5.5, while the leaderboard on 2026-10-12 shows 1866 (Max, Default Fallback). Earlier versions (Google cites "GDPVal-AA v2") are not comparable. Judging is done by an LLM, not by human experts. Anthropic models are listed with "Default Fallback", meaning refused steps are routed to a fallback model. AA-Briefcase and GDP.pdf are separate evaluations.
Results differ a lot by setting: with tools versus without tools (Anthropic reports 45.9% without tools and 57.4% with tools for Claude Haiku 5.5), and the full set versus the text-only subset. Providers use different judge models and harnesses (Scale uses o3-mini; Alibaba states GPT-4o). Derived sets such as HLE-Verified (a third-party revision with 1,811 scored items), HLE-Rolling and HLE-Diamond are different item sets and are not comparable. The questions are public, so contamination is possible, and community reviews have reported flawed items.
Numbers are only comparable when release, task set (full or offline), metric (binary or partial), step budget (150, 300 or 500) and agent approach (standard or batch tool calls) all match. Providers usually quote partial scores, which are much higher than binary completion. Claude Opus 5 at max effort on v2.1 scores 44.33% binary and 77.67% partial. The verified leaderboard is run by the maintainers and covers few current models, so most numbers are self-reported. The original OSWorld and OSWorld-Verified (369 tasks) are a different benchmark and are not recorded here.
Scores depend heavily on the agent harness (for example Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build or mini-SWE-agent) and on the reasoning effort, so the same model appears several times on the leaderboard. Leaderboard rows are often submitted by the organisation that builds the agent. Providers' own runs can differ from the leaderboard: Anthropic reports 66.4% for Claude Opus 5.5 at max effort, while the leaderboard lists 64.8% ± 3.1%. Versions 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 and Artificial Analysis' "Terminal-Bench Hard" use different task sets and are not comparable with 4.0. Margins are about ±3 points.
Scores measure voter preference, which can be influenced by answer style and length. The leaderboard offers a style-control adjustment, so record which view was used. Scores shift with every update, so a value is only meaningful together with its leaderboard date. Entries marked "Preliminary" or with few votes have wide confidence intervals. The same model can appear several times with different reasoning-effort suffixes (for example -high or -max). Category views (Coding, Math, Creative Writing and others) are different rankings from Overall.
One row per result, without rank numbers: each result was measured under its own setting (effort level, harness, tools, test version), as stated by the source, and scores compare only within the same setting. Self-reported results come from the provider and have not been reproduced independently.
Rankings
- #6 of 14 in Best AI for research as of 2026-10-26
- #9 of 20 in Best AI for coding as of 2026-10-27
- #11 of 26 in Best AI for students as of 2026-10-26
- #21 of 39 in Best AI for business as of 2026-10-26
- #32 of 42 in Best AI API as of 2026-10-26
Derived from our published ranking snapshots; each ranking explains its criteria and weights.
Compare GPT-6 Astra
Guides
- AI token pricing explained: input, output, cached and batch rates
- Reasoning models explained: thinking modes, effort and cost
- Multimodal AI explained: image, audio, video and file inputs, and what they cost
- Context windows explained: limits, long-context pricing and recall
- How to choose an AI model: a practical decision framework
About GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra is described by OpenAI as its most capable model, intended for complex reasoning, coding, computer use, research and document creation. It accepts text and image input, produces text output and supports reasoning effort levels low, medium, high, xhigh and max. It is available through the Responses, Chat Completions and Batch endpoints. In ChatGPT it powers GPT-6 Pro on Pro, Business and Enterprise plans and is included in ChatGPT Work and Codex on Plus.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- 1,050,000-token context window (maximum 922,000 input tokens) and 128,000 max output tokens
- Reasoning effort configurable from low up to max
- Supports Responses API tools including web search, file search, code interpreter, hosted shell, apply patch, computer use, MCP and tool search
- Offered in Fast and Ultrafast processing modes in addition to Standard, Batch and Flex
Weaknesses
- Highest per-token price in the GPT-6 line-up ($10 input / $50 output per 1M tokens, Standard, up to 272K input tokens)
- No
nonereasoning effort; custom temperature, top_p and logprobs are not supported - Tool calling requires the Responses API (Chat Completions only without tools); no audio or video input
Sources
- GPT-6 Astra Model | OpenAI API
- Changelog | OpenAI API
- File inputs | OpenAI API
- Using GPT-6 | OpenAI API
- Pricing | OpenAI API
- GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence | OpenAI
- Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (Harbor Hub)
- DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve)
- Humanity's Last Exam leaderboard (Scale Labs)
- Humanity's Last Exam (Text Only) leaderboard (Scale Labs)
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) leaderboard (Epoch AI)
- GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis)
- AutomationBench AI benchmark leaderboard (Zapier)
- Text Arena leaderboard (Arena)
Last verified Page updated 2026-10-27