gpt-5.1 vs gpt-6-astra
Side-by-side comparison of gpt-5.1 and gpt-6-astra: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. gpt-6-astra outperforms gpt-5.1 on 4 of 4 shared benchmarks.
gpt-5.1
Input / 1M
$1.25
Output / 1M
$10.00
Context
400K
Model ID
openai/gpt-5.1
gpt-6-astra
Input / 1M
$10.00
Output / 1M
$50.00
Context
1.1M
Model ID
openai/gpt-6-astra
Benchmark comparison
Intelligence Indexreasoning
gpt-5.129.1%
gpt-6-astra54.7%
Coding Indexcoding
gpt-5.149.4%
gpt-6-astra76.9%
Math Indexmath
gpt-5.194.0%
gpt-6-astraN/A
GPQA Diamondreasoning
gpt-5.187.3%
gpt-6-astra96.1%
AIME 2025math
gpt-5.194.0%
gpt-6-astraN/A
LiveCodeBenchcoding
gpt-5.186.8%
gpt-6-astraN/A
Terminal-Bench Hardagentic
gpt-5.145.5%
gpt-6-astraN/A
τ²-Benchagentic
gpt-5.181.9%
gpt-6-astraN/A
SciCodecoding
gpt-5.1N/A
gpt-6-astra56.5%
MMLU Proknowledge
gpt-5.187.0%
gpt-6-astraN/A
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
gpt-5.128.5%
gpt-6-astra54.7%
Scores sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and don't capture every aspect of model quality.
Pricing & specifications
| gpt-5.1 | gpt-6-astra | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $1.25 | $10.00 |
| Output price / 1M | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Context window | 400K tokens | 1.1M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Vision input | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt caching | Yes | Yes |
| Computer use | N/A | Yes |
| Provider | OpenAI Inc. | OpenAI Inc. |
Questions people ask
Is gpt-5.1 better than gpt-6-astra?
gpt-6-astra outperforms gpt-5.1 on 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics: gpt-5.1 and gpt-6-astra have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper, gpt-5.1 or gpt-6-astra?
gpt-5.1 is cheaper. gpt-5.1 costs $1.25/$10.00 per 1M input/output tokens, while gpt-6-astra costs $10.00/$50.00.
Can I use gpt-5.1 and gpt-6-astra through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch between "openai/gpt-5.1" and "openai/gpt-6-astra", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
gpt-5.1 supports up to 400K tokens of context. gpt-6-astra supports up to 1.1M tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.
Switch between gpt-5.1 and gpt-6-astra with one line of code
Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API for 600+ models. Change the model parameter, not your code.