OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)
GPT-6.1 Sol Pro is the same underlying model as [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6.1-sol), served with `reasoning.mode` set to `pro` for higher-quality responses on complex tasks. **Cost note:** pro mode spends far more...
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Verdict
Best for
- Overnight data pipeline processing
- Bulk content moderation queues
- Large-scale document classification
- Batch image analysis workflows
- Cost-sensitive research experiments
Strengths
The 50% cost reduction over standard GPT-6.1 makes this the most economical way to access OpenAI's latest reasoning architecture at scale. The 1M+ token context window handles book-length documents or massive codebases in a single pass. Multimodal support means you can mix PDFs, screenshots, and text in the same batch job without preprocessing. Batch API guarantees all jobs complete within 24 hours, giving predictable SLAs for scheduled workflows.
Trade-offs
Latency kills most interactive use cases — you submit a batch and wait hours for results, not seconds. No streaming means you can't monitor progress or catch errors mid-run. The batch API lacks priority queuing, so urgent jobs sit behind everything already submitted. If a single item in your batch fails, you lose visibility into partial results. For anything user-facing or time-sensitive, standard GPT-6.1 or Claude Sonnet 4.5 will serve you better despite higher per-token costs.
Specifications
- Provider
- openai
- Category
- llm
- Context length
- 1,050,000 tokens
- Max output
- 128,000 tokens
- Modalities
- file, image, text
- License
- proprietary
- Released
- 2026-09-29
Pricing
- Input
- $1.00/Mtok
- Output
- $5.00/Mtok
- Model ID
openai/gpt-6.1-sol-pro:batch
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5 seats · 80 msgs/day
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Providers
| Provider | Context | Input | Output | P50 latency | Throughput | 30d uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai | 1050k | $1.00/Mtok | $5.00/Mtok | — | — | — |
Performance
Benchmarks
Works well with
Top MCPs
Compatibility data comes from first-party telemetry; once we have enough co-usage signal, top MCPs for this model will appear here.
How Switchy teams use it
Starter prompts
Classify Support Tickets
Read this support ticket and return a JSON object with three fields: urgency (low/medium/high), department (sales/technical/billing), and a one-sentence summary. Ticket text: [TICKET_TEXT]
Extract Invoice Data
Extract the following fields from this invoice image: vendor name, invoice number, date, line items with descriptions and amounts, subtotal, tax, and total. Return as JSON.
Summarize Research Papers
Read this research paper and produce a 200-word structured summary with sections: objective, methods, key findings, and implications. Preserve technical terminology.
Moderate User Content
Review this user-submitted content for policy violations: hate speech, graphic violence, spam, or misinformation. Return 'safe' or a JSON object with violation_type and confidence_score if flagged.
Translate Documentation
Translate this technical documentation from English to [TARGET_LANGUAGE]. Preserve all code snippets, API endpoints, and formatting. Maintain a professional tone suitable for developer audiences.
Example outputs
Illustrative - representative of the model's voice and quality, not literal recordings.
Review this TypeScript function for potential race conditions and suggest a fix. The function fetches user data, updates a cache, then triggers a webhook notification.
The function has a classic check-then-act race condition between lines 12-18. If two requests arrive simultaneously, both could read the stale cache, fetch identical data, then both write—last write wins, but the webhook fires twice. Wrap the cache read/write in a mutex or use a compare-and-set atomic operation. For the webhook, consider a debounce queue keyed by user ID with a 100ms window. This prevents duplicate notifications while preserving order. The 1M+ token context window here means you can paste your entire codebase—I've analysed imports across 47 files to confirm no other callers assume synchronous cache updates.
Demonstrates deep static analysis across a massive context window (1M+ tokens lets you include whole repositories). The model traces data flow through dozens of files to surface concurrency issues. Trade-off: at $5/Mtok output, a verbose explanation of a large codebase refactor could cost $2-3 per query.
I'm attaching 200 customer support tickets as JSON. Cluster them by root cause, then draft a one-paragraph engineering brief for the top issue.
Analysed 200 tickets (847K tokens). Primary cluster: 73 tickets (36.5%) report checkout failures when applying discount codes to subscription upgrades. Root cause appears to be a state-machine bug—discount validation runs before the cart transitions from 'one-time' to 'recurring' mode, so the coupon engine rejects subscription-eligible codes. Engineering brief: The discount validation step in checkout-flow v2 executes too early in the state transition. Move `applyCouponCode()` to fire after `cart.setRecurringMode()` completes. Add integration test covering one-time → subscription upgrades with active promo codes. Estimated effort: 3 story points; affects payments module only.
Shows file-upload and bulk-analysis strength—processing 200 structured documents in one pass. The 1M token context means no chunking or summary loss. Trade-off: batch-only delivery adds latency (minutes to hours), so this isn't suitable for live customer-facing tools.
Attached: a 40-page RFP PDF and our last three proposal documents. Write a compliance matrix showing which RFP requirements we already meet, which need new work, and estimated effort for gaps.
Compliance matrix generated from RFP sections 3.1-3.9 cross-referenced against your 2023-2025 proposals. **Fully compliant (9 requirements):** SOC 2 Type II, GDPR data residency, 99.9% uptime SLA, API rate limiting, role-based access control, audit logging, SSO via SAML, webhook delivery guarantees, CSV export. **Partial (4 requirements):** Real-time collaboration (you have async only—est. 8 weeks), custom branding (logo upload exists, but RFP requires white-label domain—est. 3 weeks), advanced analytics (you have dashboards, they want predictive ML—est. 12 weeks), mobile offline mode (not in scope—est. 6 weeks). **Non-compliant (2 requirements):** HIPAA BAA, FedRAMP Moderate. Recommend descoping or partnering.
Highlights multimodal file handling (PDF + text) and cross-document reasoning. The model maps unstructured RFP prose to your historical proposal claims without hallucinating features. Trade-off: batch mode means you can't iterate in real time—submit the job, wait for results, then refine in a second pass.
Use-case deep-dives
When 1M+ token context justifies batch processing for discovery work
A 4-person litigation support team needs to cross-reference 200+ depositions and contracts for pattern discovery. GPT-6.1 Sol Pro handles this in batch mode: the 1.05M token window fits entire case files in a single context, eliminating the chunking errors that plague RAG pipelines on smaller models. At $1/Mtok input, loading 800k tokens costs $0.80 per job—cheap enough to run nightly sweeps across all active matters. The catch: batch processing adds 12-24 hour latency, so this works for overnight analysis but not live client calls. If you need same-day turnaround on discovery queries, you're better off with a streaming model and a tighter chunking strategy. For teams running weekly or monthly discovery sweeps where accuracy beats speed, the context window and batch economics make this the default pick.
Why batch mode fails fast-moving engineering teams on docs
A 12-person startup wants to auto-generate API docs from their monorepo every time main merges. GPT-6.1 Sol Pro's 1M+ context can ingest the entire codebase and produce coherent cross-file documentation in one pass, and the $5/Mtok output pricing is manageable for a 50k token doc run ($0.25/generation). The problem: batch latency means docs lag 12-24 hours behind the code, breaking the fast-iteration loop that startups depend on. Developers merge, push to staging, and need docs live in under an hour—not tomorrow morning. Unless your release cadence is weekly or slower, the batch delay kills the workflow. For daily-or-faster shipping teams, pay the premium for a real-time model with comparable context. Batch works if you're a slower-moving enterprise with scheduled doc freezes.
Batch economics win when report volume is predictable and low-frequency
A 20-person finance team generates 40 board-ready summaries per month from raw transaction exports and variance reports. Each summary requires 300k tokens of input context (12 months of comparative data) and produces 8k tokens of output. GPT-6.1 Sol Pro's batch pricing makes this $0.30 input + $0.04 output = $0.34 per report, or $13.60/month total—an order of magnitude cheaper than real-time alternatives at this context length. The 24-hour batch window aligns perfectly with monthly close cycles: reports kick off overnight and land in inboxes by 9am. The model's file and image modalities let it parse Excel exports and chart screenshots directly, cutting prep work. If your cadence is weekly or more frequent, batch latency becomes a bottleneck. For predictable monthly or quarterly reporting where cost control matters more than speed, this is the obvious choice.
Frequently asked
Is GPT-6.1 Sol Pro good for long document analysis?
Yes. The 1.05M token context window handles entire codebases, legal contracts, or research papers in a single prompt. Batch mode cuts costs to $1/Mtok input and $5/Mtok output — roughly 50% cheaper than real-time endpoints. If you're processing hundreds of documents overnight, this is the right tool.
Is GPT-6.1 Sol Pro cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7?
For batch workloads, yes. GPT-6.1 Sol Pro costs $1/$5 per Mtok versus Opus 4.7's typical $15/$75. You sacrifice real-time responses — batch jobs take minutes to hours — but save 10x on cost. If latency doesn't matter, Sol Pro wins on price.
Can GPT-6.1 Sol Pro handle image and file uploads?
Yes. It accepts text, images, and file attachments in the same prompt. Useful for analyzing PDFs with charts, processing screenshots alongside logs, or reviewing design mockups with technical specs. The 1M+ token window means you can include dozens of images without hitting limits.
How does GPT-6.1 Sol Pro compare to GPT-5 Turbo?
Sol Pro offers 3x the context window (1.05M vs 350K) and batch-optimized pricing at one-tenth the cost. Trade-off: batch mode adds latency — responses arrive in minutes, not seconds. Use Sol Pro for overnight data processing; stick with Turbo for interactive chat or real-time applications.
Should I use batch mode for customer-facing chatbots?
No. Batch processing introduces minutes-to-hours of delay, making it unusable for live chat. Reserve Sol Pro batch for background tasks: nightly report generation, bulk content moderation, dataset labeling, or research synthesis. For customer interactions, use a real-time endpoint like GPT-5 Turbo or Claude Sonnet.
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