GPT-5.6 Sol Pro vs Qwen3 Coder Plus.
model vs model · prices as of
GPT-5.6 Sol Pro and Qwen3 Coder Plus split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
OpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol Pro
$8/M tokens
OpenAI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.90 per 1,000 pages
1.1M context · tool calling · reads images
Alibaba CloudQwen3 Coder Plus
$4.02/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Merge Gateway · $0.482 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$1/M
$1/M
List price out (lower wins)
$5/M
$5/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$4.02/M at Merge Gateway
Standard price (lower wins)
$8/M
$8/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.90
$0.482
Context
1.1M tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
not stated
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
9 Jul 2026
23 Jul 2025
Providers selling it
8
15
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 5
Nous Portal$16 / $5.20
OpenRouter$16 / $5.20
NanoGPT$16 / $8
Kilo Gateway$32 / $5.20
LLMTR$32 / $8
GPT-5.6 Sol Pro then Qwen3 Coder Plus, per million tokens
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Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAIOpenAI's list price, in and out per million tokens$2 / $10 $1 / $550% cheaper ·
- GPT-5.6 Sol ProNous Portal$1.60 / $8 $2 / $1025% dearer ·
- Qwen3 Coder PlusNous Portal$0.52 / $2.60 $0.65 / $3.2525% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Sol Pro or Qwen3 Coder Plus?
- Qwen3 Coder Plus, at $4.02 per million tokens against $8 for GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GPT-5.6 Sol Pro: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $8 is the number to beat. Qwen3 Coder Plus: $4.02 at Merge Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 5 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, LLMTR. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
- Which holds more context?
- GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, at 1.1M tokens against 1M.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.