GPT‑6 Astra
- Best suited for
- Complex reasoning, research, code, documents, and agents with tools.
- Worth monitoring
- Higher price per token; requires minimum permissions and review for sensitive actions.
A common reading of capabilities, access, context, price and verification date.
| Criterion | GPT‑6 Astra | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity and validity | |||
| Organization | OpenAI | Anthropic | |
| API ID | gpt-6-astra | gemini-3.8-flash | claude-opus-5-5 |
| State | Available | Stable GA | Asset |
| Model type | Text and reasoning | Text and reasoning | Text and reasoning |
| Types | Text and reasoning | Text and reasoning | Text and reasoning · Code |
| Release | September 3, 2026 | September 2, 2026 | 22 SEP 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | April 30, 2026 | Not published in the source consulted | JUN 2026 |
| Profile | Generalist frontier | Fast multimodal | Agentic coding and knowledge work |
| Capacity and modalities | |||
| Entrance | Text · Image | Text · Image · Video · Audio · PDF | Text · Image |
| Exit | Text | Text | Text |
| Context window | 1,050,000 tokens | 1,048,576 entry tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| maximum output | 128,000 tokens | 65,536 output tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Reasoning | low, medium, high, xhigh, and max effort | low, medium, and high levels | Adaptive thinking · configurable effort |
| Relative latency | Moderate; depends on reasoning effort | Flash profile focused on speed and efficiency | Moderate |
| Tools and integration | |||
| Published tools | Features · Web search · File search · Code interpreter · Hosted shell · Computer use · MCP | Features · Web search · Google Maps · Code execution · Computer use (preview) · File search · URL context | Use of tools · Web search · Code execution · Computer use |
| Structured Outings | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Batch processing | Compatible · 50% discount | Compatible · 50% discount | Compatible · 50% discount |
| Prompt cache | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Fine-tuning | Not compatible | Not published in the source consulted | Not published |
| Standard API price | |||
| Entrance price | 10.00 USD / 1 M tokens | 0.75 USD / 1M tokens | 4,00 USD / 1 M tokens |
| Cached input | 1.00 USD / 1 M tokens | 0.075 USD / 1 M tokens | 0,20 USD / 1 M tokens |
| Cache write or storage | 12.50 USD / 1 M tokens | 0.50 USD / 1 M tokens per hour of storage | 5.00 USD / 1 M tokens |
| Starting price | 50.00 USD / 1 M tokens | 3.75 USD / 1M tokens | 20,00 USD / 1 M tokens |
| Batch input | 5.00 USD / 1 M tokens | 0.375 USD / 1 M tokens | Not published |
| Batch output | 25.00 USD / 1 M tokens | 1.875 USD / 1 M tokens | Not published |
| Relevant conditions | Requests with more than 272,000 input tokens apply price multipliers; tools may add per-call charges. | Introductory pricing until December 31, 2026; from 2027, standard rates double. | Consult the primary source before budgeting for a deployment. |
| Availability | |||
| Access model | Paid proprietary | Paid proprietary | Paid proprietary |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Deployment | Hosted API | Hosted API | Hosted API |
| Access channels | OpenAI API · Responses, Chat Completions, and Batch | Gemini API · Google AI Studio · stable version | Claude API and associated clouds |
| Verified platforms | OpenAI API | Gemini API · Google AI Studio | Claude API · Amazon Bedrock · Google Cloud · Microsoft Foundry |
| Published benchmarks | |||
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1 | 64,6 %Accuracy · Check the conditions in the linked source.View source ↗ | No comparable result published | No comparable result published |
| GPQA Diamond | 96,0 %Accuracy · Check the conditions in the linked source.View source ↗ | No comparable result published | No comparable result published |
| BenchCAD | 95,9 %Geometric overlap · Check the conditions in the linked source.View source ↗ | No comparable result published | No comparable result published |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence v4.1 | No comparable result published | 50,2Index · Check the conditions in the linked source.View source ↗ | No comparable result published |
| GDPval-AA v2 | No comparable result published | 1.348,8Elo · Check the conditions in the linked source.View source ↗ | No comparable result published |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | No comparable result published | No comparable result published | 66,4 %Accuracy · Check the conditions in the linked source.View source ↗ |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 | No comparable result published | No comparable result published | 1.846Elo · Check the conditions in the linked source.View source ↗ |
| Verified | |||
| Primary source | Official GPT‑6 Astra page ↗ | Official Gemini 3.8 Flash model profile ↗ | Official documentation ↗ |
i «Not published» indicates that the primary sources consulted do not provide that data. Inferama does not fill gaps with estimates.
i Benchmarks retain the published metric and conditions. A score obtained with tools, more attempts, a different task set, or a different harness is not a direct comparison.
A request with 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, without caching or tools.
i It is an arithmetic example, not a cost estimate per task. Reasoning, caching, tools, retries, and context tiers may change the bill.
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