gpt-5.6-sol vs jamba-large-1.7
jamba-large-1.7 is 2.5× cheaper on input than gpt-5.6-sol.
| gpt-5.6-sol | jamba-large-1.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M | $5.00 | $2.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.50 | — |
| Output / 1M | $30.00 | $8.00 |
| Context window | 1.1M | 256K |
| Max output | 128K | 256K |
| Provider | OpenAI | AI21 |
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | No |
| Token count | exact | estimated |
Capability for the money
Independent measurement · Artificial Analysis · read 2026-08-11Not the same tier: gpt-5.6-sol leads jamba-large-1.7 by 55.1 points on hard reasoning (GPQA Diamond), for 3.2× the price.
Following instructions
extraction, classification, sticking to a format
IFBenchgpt-5.6-sol +37.5
Tool use
multi-step agent work against real tools
τ²-benchgpt-5.6-sol +71.6
Hard reasoning
graduate-level science and multi-step analysis
GPQA Diamondgpt-5.6-sol +55.1
Averaged over the benchmarks both models sat, jamba-large-1.7 returns 8.4 points of pass rate per dollar of blended price against 7.5 — the ratio that decides whether the dearer model earns its rate.
Each figure is a pass rate: the share of that test set the model answered correctly, measured by a third party rather than self-reported by the lab. Rows are different tests of different difficulty, so compare a model against the other model, not one row against the next. No published coding score for one of these models, so that lens is omitted. And a benchmark is not your workload — it narrows the shortlist, it does not pick for you.
Which to pick
- Cheaper input: jamba-large-1.7
- Cheaper output: jamba-large-1.7
- Larger context: gpt-5.6-sol
- Better at following instructions: gpt-5.6-sol (72.7% vs 35.2% on IFBench)
- Better at tool use: gpt-5.6-sol (85.1% vs 13.5% on τ²-bench)
- Better at hard reasoning: gpt-5.6-sol (94.1% vs 39.0% on GPQA Diamond)
List price is not production cost. Output length, cache hit rate, retries and task quality move the real number more than the headline rate does — price your own prompt on the token ledger before deciding.
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