AiCostCompare

LFM2.5-2.6B (free) vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for LFM2.5-2.6B (free) (Liquid AI) and GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Aug 12, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

LFM2.5-2.6B (free)

Liquid AI

GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

Pricing
Input $/1MFree$5.00
Output $/1MFree$30.00
Blended $/1M (3:1)Free$11.25
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0$0.21
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index60.9
Coding Index77.4
Agentic Index57.8
Output speed (tok/s)66
Time to first token96.45s
Specs
Context window128K1.05M
Input modalitiestextfile, image, text

FAQ

Which is cheaper, LFM2.5-2.6B (free) or GPT-5.6 Sol?

LFM2.5-2.6B (free) has the lower blended API price at Free per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $11.25 for the other model. Prices are live from OpenRouter and refresh about hourly.

Which is better for RAG workloads?

For a typical RAG request (30K input / 2K output tokens), LFM2.5-2.6B (free) costs about $0 per request versus $0.21. Also compare context windows: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) offers 128K and GPT-5.6 Sol offers 1.05M.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Sol leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (60.9 vs —). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.