GPT-5.6 Sol is 34% of OpenRouter spend on just 15% of tokens
maferase · reddit · 2026-07-23
A Reddit post says OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol already accounts for 34% of the estimated spend on OpenRouter while representing only 15% of OpenAI token usage.
The implication is that the model is disproportionately expensive relative to its traffic share, making it an interesting datapoint on model economics rather than just raw usage.
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