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GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released

SteadyVane has taken 37 readings of GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released since Aug 17, 2026: 106 points at the first reading, 365 at the latest (+259). Its biggest one-day gain was +179 on Aug 17, 2026.

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106

first seen points

365

peak points

365

latest points

observations

first seen Aug 17, 2026 · last seen Aug 22, 2026 · published Aug 17, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	points	Change
Aug 22, 2026	365	0
Aug 21, 2026	365	0
Aug 20, 2026	365	+2
Aug 19, 2026	363	+4
Aug 18, 2026	359	+74
Aug 17, 2026	285	+179

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

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