OpenAI
GPT 6
gpt-6-astra
OpenAI's GPT-6 family of text models, layered by task difficulty: Astra targets the hardest end-to-end tasks, while Sol balances strong reasoning with everyday cost, with enhanced coding, math, and agentic workflows
- Context window
- 1,050,000
- Input
- Max output
- 128,000 tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-04
Pricing
gpt-6-astra /1M tokens
| Specifications | Unit Price |
|---|---|
| Input | $2.500 |
| Cached input | $0.250 |
| Output | $12.500 |
| Cache write (5 min) | $3.125 |
Overview
Positioning Overview
gpt-6-astra is the text model in the GPT-6 series for highly difficult end-to-end tasks, accessed through the unified HiAPI.ai interface. It excels at complex coding and feature development within codebases, mathematical reasoning and analysis tasks that require judgment, and multi-step agentic workflows operating computers and browsers. It is suited for developers who need to complete long-chain tasks in a single call rather than splitting them into multiple rounds of simple Q&A.
Core Highlights
- Built for the hardest end-to-end tasks — the series is tiered by task difficulty, and astra handles the hardest, longest-chain end-to-end work among them.
- Covers agentic multi-step workflows — it can support continuous-step tasks operating computers and browsers, rather than only single-turn text generation.
Capability Description
Complex coding and feature development: can be used for feature implementation and code review within small codebases, with text output that can go directly into the development workflow.
Mathematical and judgment-based reasoning: aimed at analysis tasks requiring multi-step derivation and trade-off judgments, suitable for organizing conclusions into readable text output.
Multi-step agentic processes: supports operating computers and browsers to complete continuous-step transactions, suitable for handing processes that would otherwise require multiple rounds of manual clicking to a single task orchestration.
Use Cases
- Developers: feature development and review in small codebases — input code and requirements descriptions to get an implementation plan or review comments, for pre-submission self-checks and iteration.
- Researchers: writing summaries based on clear questions — input specific questions and materials to get a structured research summary, for later drafting or external communication.
- Operations and business: automating multi-step transactions — input process goals and constraints to get step-by-step execution results, replacing repetitive manual operation steps.
Limitations and Model Selection Advice
It is a closed-source model and cannot be self-deployed or have its weights modified; it must be accessed through the unified HiAPI.ai interface. The series includes multiple variants, and astra is positioned at the tier for the hardest tasks, so high-frequency, narrowly scoped batch calls may not be the most suitable choice; evaluate other models in the same series based on task difficulty. The actual usable scope of computer- and browser-operating capabilities depends on the support of the calling-side interface and must be confirmed before integration. For lightweight scenarios sensitive to output latency and per-call cost, it is recommended to validate with small-scale samples before scaling up.
What's new
View changelog →- New model gpt-6-astra model now available
- New model New model gpt-6.1-sol is now available
- Parameter change gpt-6.1-sol API contract parameter update
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