
GPT-6 Sol, Sonnet 5.5, Astra Shelved: September's Models, Tested
GPT-6 Sol got cheaper without getting smarter, Sonnet 5.5 got much smarter but not cheaper at full effort, and Astra 6.1 never shipped.
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New AI models and the benchmarks that grade them: what the index measures, what it misses, and what is actually available to use.

GPT-6 Sol got cheaper without getting smarter, Sonnet 5.5 got much smarter but not cheaper at full effort, and Astra 6.1 never shipped.
Meta's new flagship scores 56 on an independent index, two points behind Claude Opus 5.5. And the stronger model is not the one you can call today.
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