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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Is Shockingly Good at Almost Everything
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OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, and within 48 hours the developers who got early access had turned the launch into a public stress test.
Key facts
- The model costs $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, a token being roughly three-quarters of a word and the unit AI companies bill
- GPT-6 Astra by lands at #11 for writing in their editorial voice, at 1995 Elo
- OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, and within 48 hours the developers who got early access had turned the launch into a public stress test
- That is 2.5 times the rate of GPT-5.6 Sol, according to Artificial Analysis
Summary
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3 at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output, 2.5 times the price of the model it replaces. Testers with early access posted a street-by-street Manhattan in Unreal Engine, a browser-based 3D Hangzhou built in 24 minutes, a multiplayer shooter made in a day, and a Bach chorale with no voice-leading errors. The same testers rated its writing below its own predecessor, and Artificial Analysis measured a drop of roughly 80 Elo points on a benchmark of economically valuable professional work. Astra is the strongest model anyone has used for anything spatial, mechanical, or agentic.