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GPT-5.6 Sol vs Grok‑1

OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Sol
SpaceXAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyOpenAISpaceXAI
Release dateJun 26 2026Nov 3 2023
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
47%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
92%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
88.8%
Knowledge work
GDPval-AA v2
1748
Community preference
Arena Elo (Text)
1486
Community preference (code)
Arena Elo (Code)
1636
Timeline
Release gapGrok‑1 shipped 966 days before GPT-5.6 Sol

Which is better: GPT-5.6 Sol or Grok‑1?

GPT-5.6 Sol and Grok‑1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Grok‑1 shipped 966 days before GPT-5.6 Sol, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

GPT-5.6 Sol is proprietary, while Grok‑1 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — GPT-5.6 Sol and Grok‑1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

GPT-5.6 Sol was released by OpenAI on Jun 26 2026.

Grok‑1 was released by SpaceXAI on Nov 3 2023.

GPT-5.6 Sol is a proprietary model released by OpenAI. Grok‑1 is an open weight model released by SpaceXAI.

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