AI Models · Paid vs Paid

FIEmber-1 Paid vs GPT-6.1 Sol Paid

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.

Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai

Open-model prices = cheapest provider via OpenRouter; official maker rates may be higher.

FIEmber-1PaidFireworks
$3 /M input
$15 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
GPT-6.1 SolPaidOpenAI
$2 /M input
$10 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1.1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose GPT-6.1 Sol for the lower output price ($10/M vs $15/M). It also gives you the larger 1.1M context window.

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol specs

SpecEmber-1GPT-6.1 SolWinner
MakerFireworksOpenAI–
TypeProprietaryProprietary–
Context window1M tokens1.1M tokensGPT-6.1 Sol
Input price$3/M$2/MGPT-6.1 Sol
Output price$15/M$10/MGPT-6.1 Sol
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingYesYes= Tie
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)–
LicenseProprietaryProprietary–

Price gap & when to choose each

1.5×cheaper per output token

GPT-6.1 Sol is ~1.5× cheaper than Ember-1 on output tokens ($10 vs $15 per M tokens).

FIChoose Ember-1 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
Choose GPT-6.1 Sol if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 1.1M context window
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

CapabilityEmber-1GPT-6.1 Sol
Open weights (downloadable)✗✗
Self-hostable✗✗
Runs fully offline✗✗
Vision / multimodal✓✓
Tool / function calling✓✓
1M+ context window✓✓

Benchmarks: Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol

Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).

Ember-1
GPT-6.1 Sol
Intelligence index
–
51.8
Humanity's Last Exam
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52.9%
Long Context Reasoning
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83%
SciCode
–
54.2%
Speed
–
57.4 tok/s
Latency
–
136.55s
Intelligence per $
–
13

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.

How Ember-1 and GPT-6.1 Sol score

🤝 Neck and neck on these criteria (3.1 vs 3.2 / 5).
CriterionEmber-1GPT-6.1 Sol
Cost-efficiency3.03.5
Context window5.05.0
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality5.05.0

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

Ember-1 Paid

Fireworks · Proprietary

Ember-1 is a specialized reasoning model from Fireworks Research, built on [Kimi K3](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3). It is designed to make every token go further: it produces shorter reasoning traces, using roughly 40%...

GPT-6.1 Sol Paid

OpenAI · Proprietary

GPT-6.1 Sol is an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol from OpenAI, positioned below the flagship GPT-6 Astra in the GPT-6 series. It is suited for agentic coding, computer use, document-heavy professional...

Frequently asked questions

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol — which is cheaper?

GPT-6.1 Sol is cheaper on output ($10/M vs $15/M).

Which has the larger context window?

GPT-6.1 Sol offers the larger context window (1.1M tokens).

Ember-1 vs GPT-6.1 Sol — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose GPT-6.1 Sol for the lower output price ($10/M vs $15/M). It also gives you the larger 1.1M context window.

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