GPT-5.6 Soar
The Soar variant within OpenAI's GPT-5 series, featuring code comprehension and 3D scene generation capabilities. It serves as the predecessor to GPT-6 Soar.
Timeline (last 90 days)
OpenAI released two models, GPT-6 Soar and GPT-6 Lula, officially claiming they are faster, more capable, and cheaper than GPT-5.6 Soar.
On simple tasks such as drawing a pear-blossom cat riding a bicycle in SVG, GPT-6 Soar and GPT-5.6 Soar took nearly the same amount of time, both exceeding two minutes.
On a GitHub project comprehension task, GPT-5.6 Soar took 3 minutes and 4 seconds and consumed 3% of quota, while GPT-6 Soar took 1 minute and 14 seconds and consumed 2% of quota.
On a code comprehension task, GPT-6 Soar described the project's purpose in a single sentence, with more concise expression than GPT-5.6 Soar.
On a 3D Changsha urban scene generation task, GPT-5.6 Soar (Auto mode) reversed the entire geographic orientation, with the relative directions of Yuelu Mountain and Wuyi Square inverted.