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Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14X the speed
OpenAI · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- OpenAI previewed Ultrafast mode, delivering GPT-5.6 Sol at 14x faster speed via Cerebras, reaching 750 tokens per second.
- Why it matters
- Engineers building latency-sensitive applications or real-time systems should evaluate whether this speed improvement meets their performance requirements.
- Watch out
- This is a preview, not a general release. Availability, pricing, and production stability remain unclear. Verify actual performance in your use case.
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