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Aya Vision 8B vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Compare recorded price, context, output limits, speed, latency, capabilities, and input/output support. Every missing value stays visible, and unsourced benchmarks are excluded.

This Aya Vision 8B vs GPT-5.6 Sol comparison is designed for teams choosing between two production model records, not for declaring a universal winner. Aya Vision 8B by Cohere currently records 16K context, 4K maximum output. GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI records 1.1M context, 128K maximum output, $5.00 input per 1M tokens, $30.00 output per 1M tokens. The tables below separate documented capabilities, commercial limits, directory measurements, and source-linked benchmark evidence so you can see where the data is complete and where independent testing is still required.

Side-by-sideSpecs and pricing, compared

Cohere

Aya Vision 8B

Compact open multilingual vision model for OCR and visual question answering

Context
16K
Max output
4K
Input / 1M
—
Output / 1M
—
Output speed
—

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input

Produces

  • Text output
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OpenAI

GPT-5.6 Sol

Frontier GPT-5.6 model for complex professional work, coding, and agentic workflows

Context
1.1M
Max output
128K
Input / 1M
$5.00
Output / 1M
$30.00
Output speed
—

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • PDF input

Produces

  • Text output
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At a glance

Decision snapshot

This is a directional summary of the values recorded in this directory—not a universal quality verdict. Test the finalists on your own prompts before committing.

Where Aya Vision 8B leads in recorded data

No complete recorded factor currently favors this model. That does not establish lower real-world quality.

Where GPT-5.6 Sol leads in recorded data

  • Context capacity: 1.1M
  • Maximum output: 128K

Context capacity

Higher listed limit

Aya Vision 8B:16K

GPT-5.6 Sol:1.1M

GPT-5.6 Sol

Maximum output

Higher listed limit

Aya Vision 8B:4K

GPT-5.6 Sol:128K

GPT-5.6 Sol

Input price

Lower recorded price

Aya Vision 8B:—

GPT-5.6 Sol:$5.00

No complete comparison

Output price

Lower recorded price

Aya Vision 8B:—

GPT-5.6 Sol:$30.00

No complete comparison

Output speed

Higher recorded throughput

Aya Vision 8B:—

GPT-5.6 Sol:—

No complete comparison

Time to first token

Lower recorded latency

Aya Vision 8B:—

GPT-5.6 Sol:—

No complete comparison

Intelligence Index

Higher directory index

Aya Vision 8B:—

GPT-5.6 Sol:—

No complete comparison

Evidence

Verified shared benchmarks

A score appears only when both records include a verified source. It is not treated as a universal ranking.

These two models haven't been measured on the same benchmark yet, so there's nothing meaningful to chart. Comparing scores from different tests would tell you more about the tests than the models — the specs and pricing above are the better guide here.

Specifications

Pricing, limits and capabilities

SpecificationAya Vision 8BGPT-5.6 Sol
ProviderCohereOpenAI
Model family—gpt-sol
Accepted inputstext, imagetext, image, pdf
Produced outputstexttext
Context window16K1.1MRecorded lead
Max output4K128KRecorded lead
Intelligence Index——
Input price / 1M—$5.00
Output price / 1M—$30.00
Output speed——
Time to first token——
Reasoning modeNot documentedDocumented
Tool callingNot documentedDocumented
Image inputDocumentedDocumented
Audio inputNot documentedNot documented
Structured outputNot documentedDocumented
LicenseOpen weightsProprietary
ReleasedMar 4, 2025Jul 9, 2026

Workload guidance

Which model should you choose?

Aya Vision 8B has no complete recorded factor that establishes a lead. GPT-5.6 Sol currently leads on larger context, larger maximum output. Choose according to the constraints that matter to your workload, then run the same representative prompts against both models before making a production commitment. Neither the larger number nor the lower price is automatically the better choice: prompt quality, tool reliability, modality support, rate limits, data policy, and provider implementation can change the result. Use this page to build a shortlist, confirm current terms in the linked sources, and validate quality, latency, and cost with your own traffic.

Provenance

Sources and data limits

Prices and hosted performance can change. SyncDev records source references and clearly separates documented specifications from measured values; confirm commercial terms with the provider before deployment.

Questions people ask

It compares recorded context and output limits, token prices, output speed, time to first token, Intelligence Index, modality support, tool and structured-output capabilities, release information, and only source-linked benchmarks verified on both records. Missing information is labeled rather than inferred.

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