Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14X the speed
OpenAI’s preview tier runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 750 output tokens per second, targeting agent workloads where generation latency is the bottleneck.
OpenAI is previewing **Ultrafast**, an API service tier for **GPT-5.6 Sol** powered by Cerebras. It claims up to **14× faster** operation and up to **750 output tokens per second**.
Builders with latency-bound coding agents should test whether faster generation materially shortens end-to-end runs, especially when tool execution is already quick.
OpenAI is previewing **Ultrafast**, an API service tier for **GPT-5.6 Sol** powered by Cerebras. It claims up to **14× faster** operation and up to **750 output tokens per second**. Builders with latency-bound coding agents should test whether faster generation materially shortens end-to-end runs, especially when tool execution is already quick. Both figures are qualified maxima. The material gives no pricing, availability, workload methodology, or comparison baseline, and tool latency may still dominate many runs.
Ultrafast adds a model-specific serving option whose claimed ceiling is substantially more concrete than the gateway’s generic fast-mode control, but it does not establish faster completed agent work. It narrows evaluation to latency-bound runs where generation is material, with tool time, price, access, and workload-level outcomes still unresolved.