GPT 6.1 Sol vs Sonnet 5.5..Is Sol Finally Worth It!?

GPT 6.1 Sol vs Sonnet 5.5 through seven creator-posted comparisons, from pool parties and Minecraft worlds to Blender characters and 3D keyboard assembly. I react to the results, pick my favorites, and compare intelligence scores, speed and API pricing. Plus, builds against the previous Sol, GPT 6 Astra and Opus 5.5, and my take on OpenAI’s naming and plan changes. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO BYTEFORWARD AI news, coding agents, model comparisons, benchmarks, and the things people are actually building: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGGHPOAzUaKsSc2yjsOeAFQ?sub_confirmation=1 Which result would you pick? Let me know in the comments. CHAPTERS 00:00 The builds coming up 00:30 Pool party with Blender and Godot 01:31 Keyboard assembly and the final bill 02:07 What changed and where to access Sol 02:44 New Sol versus previous Sol 03:15 SpongeBob in Blender 03:52 Top-down shooter 04:40 New York city scenes 05:28 Minecraft worlds 06:03 Pelican on a bicycle 06:36 Artificial Analysis intelligence scores 07:16 Speed and cost per task 07:57 API prices and cached input 08:37 Sol versus Astra Japanese town 09:08 Sol versus Opus floating islands 09:40 Sol sand-surfing game 10:07 My take on the name and plan changes 10:35 My picks BUILD SOURCES AND CREATOR CREDITS Pool party · Bijan Bowen https://x.com/bijanbowen/status/2105113620891726041 Keyboard assembly · atomic.chat https://x.com/atomic_chat_hq/status/2105044090190803134 Cyclist · Harshith https://x.com/HarshithLucky3/status/2105025923095675353 SpongeBob · Luckey Faraday https://x.com/luckeyfaraday/status/2105023621223555187 Shooter · Kinz https://x.com/KinzFin/status/2105080432848953760 New York · AI Pulse Daily https://x.com/aipulseda1ly/status/2105000133012189475 Sol Minecraft · Luckey Faraday https://x.com/luckeyfaraday/status/2105152043610468714 Sonnet Minecraft · Luckey Faraday https://x.com/luckeyfaraday/status/2104748344706728138 Pelican · YoungfreeFJS https://x.com/FreeYoung552022/status/2105135891341803702 Sol versus Astra · JAZII https://x.com/notjazii/status/2105029376266088761 Sol versus Opus · Anon https://x.com/dropout_layer/status/2105024587063070955 Sand surfing · Nil Ni https://x.com/_nilni/status/2105087547215069360 MODEL AND BENCHMARK SOURCES GPT 6.1 Sol launch https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-sol/ System card https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-1-sol https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-1-sol/gpt-6-1-sol.pdf Previous GPT 6 Sol https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-sol-and-luna/ GPT 6 Astra https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/ Claude Sonnet 5.5 https://www.anthropic.com/claude-sonnet-5-5 Artificial Analysis https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/gpt-6-1-sol https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/gpt-6-sol https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/gpt-6-astra https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/claude-sonnet-5-5 Reporting on the held Astra release https://gizmodo.com/openai-cancels-release-of-gpt-6-1-astra-because-it-regressed-on-safety-2000818566 Model settings, build costs and completion times are attributed to their creators. I reviewed their footage rather than independently running these builds. Artificial Analysis figures reflect the displayed evaluation settings; Sonnet’s result uses max effort with its default fallback. The naming explanation is my theory. Original media resolutions vary, with genuine 4K sand-surfing footage and a 2160×2422 cyclist source; most X originals top out below 1440p. Research cutoff September 30, 2026 at 09:38 UTC. #GPT61Sol #Sonnet55 #AI