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GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen3 14B

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) and Qwen3 14B (Alibaba (Qwen)). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

Qwen3 14B

Alibaba (Qwen)

Pricing
Input $/1M$5.00$0.12
Output $/1M$30.00$0.24
Blended $/1M (3:1)$11.25$0.15
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.21$0.00408
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index58.910.4
Coding Index77.413.8
Agentic Index541.8
Output speed (tok/s)70
Time to first token112.90s
Specs
Context window1.05M131K
Input modalitiesfile, image, texttext

FAQ

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Sol or Qwen3 14B?

Qwen3 14B has the lower blended API price at $0.15 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), Qwen3 14B costs about $0.00408 per request versus $0.21. Also compare context windows: GPT-5.6 Sol offers 1.05M and Qwen3 14B offers 131K.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Sol leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (58.9 vs 10.4). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.