Unverified50% confidenceFactExact time
OpenAI对输出Token的收费通常是输入的4-6倍，价差源于Transformer架构在输入Prefill阶段并行计算而输出Decode阶段逐步自回归导致的计算不对称性
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Long-term
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7/8/2026
First Seen
Sources
GPT-5.6 Review: Modest Performance Gains, Three Alarming Safety Incidents
bilibiliNixAI6/27/2026
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