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  3. Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, GPT-5.6 Sol delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,608 vs 1,360), while GPT-5.6 Sol leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (77.6%), while Doubao Lite 1.5 is more budget-friendly at $0.1/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose GPT-5.6 Sol if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Doubao Lite 1.5 if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

10 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Doubao Lite 1.5 (4)GPT-5.6 Sol (6)
Doubao Lite 1.5
4 of 10 Wins
✓Time to first token✓Output speed✓Input price✓Output price
GPT-5.6 Sol
6 of 10 Wins
✓Preference Elo✓Coding Elo✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond✓Context window
ByteDance
Leads 4 of 10 metrics
Doubao Lite 1.5

ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Lite 1.5Elo 1,360$0.1/1M out
OpenAI
Leads 6 of 10 metrics
GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI 5.6 flagship tier. Official API $5/$30 per 1M tokens (OpenAI pricing, Jul 30 2026 update left Sol unchanged).

Elo 1,608$30/1M out

Doubao Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

3 models

Currently comparing Doubao Lite 1.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Doubao Lite 1.5
Doubao Pro 1.5$0.28Seed 2.1 Turbo$1.1

GPT-5.6 Sol Thinking Depth & Cost Scaler

Model B

Simulate accuracy gains vs added response time & token cost

Mode: Medium (Standard)

Reasoning models “think before answering” by generating internal reasoning tokens. Higher effort improves math, coding, and logic accuracy, but increases response delay and token costs.

Thinking Delay
270 ms
Standard speed
Reasoning Depth
~1,500
Internal tokens
Cost / 1k Calls
$56.50
4.9× standard bill
Accuracy Boost
+4.5% accuracy
STEM & SWE-bench
Top Rival Showdowns for Doubao Lite 1.5
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference LeaderGPT-5.6 Sol Wins

GPT-5.6 Sol

Δ 248 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderDoubao Lite 1.5 Wins

Doubao Lite 1.5

180 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderDoubao Lite 1.5 Wins

Doubao Lite 1.5

$0.1 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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Percentile 0–100
Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Doubao Lite 1.5 (4)vsGPT-5.6 Sol (6)
Doubao Lite 1.5: 4W (40%)Overall: GPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 Sol: 6W (60%)
← Doubao Lite 1.5GPT-5.6 Sol →
🏆GPT-5.6 Sol(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-5.6 Sol
Preference Elo
1,360vs1,608+248
Coding Elo
1,320vs1,602+282
SWE-bench
46%vs77.6%+31.6%
LiveBench
54%vs73.9%+19.9%
GPQA Diamond
64.2%vs86.8%+22.6%
Doubao Lite 1.5: 0WGPT-5.6 Sol: 5W
🏆Doubao Lite 1.5(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-5.6 Sol
Output speed
180 tok/svs84 tok/s+96 tok/s
Time to first token
110 msvs270 ms+160 ms
Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGPT-5.6 Sol: 0W
🏆Doubao Lite 1.5(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Doubao Lite 1.5vsGPT-5.6 Sol
Output price
$0.1/1Mvs$30/1M+$29.9/1M
Input price
$0.04/1Mvs$5/1M+$4.96/1M
Context window
33kvs1M+967k
Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGPT-5.6 Sol: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+248
Doubao Lite 1.51,360
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol1,608
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Coding Elo+282
Doubao Lite 1.51,320
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol1,602
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
LiveBench+19.9%
Doubao Lite 1.554%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol73.9%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
SWE-bench+31.6%
Doubao Lite 1.546%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol77.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
GPQA Diamond+22.6%
Doubao Lite 1.564.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol86.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Time to first token+160 ms
Doubao Lite 1.5110 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol270 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Output speed+96 tok/s
Doubao Lite 1.5180 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol84 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Input price+$4.96/1M
Doubao Lite 1.5$0.04/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol$5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Output price+$29.9/1M
Doubao Lite 1.5$0.1/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol$30/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Context window+967k
Doubao Lite 1.533k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPT-5.6 Sol1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
BenchmarkDoubao Lite 1.5GPT-5.6 SolAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,360
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1,608
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+248
Coding Elo
1,320
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1,602
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+282
LiveBench
54%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
73.9%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+19.9%
SWE-bench
46%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
77.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+31.6%
GPQA Diamond
64.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
86.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+22.6%
Time to first token
110 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
270 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+160 ms
Output speed
180 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
84 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+96 tok/s
Input price
$0.04/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+$4.96/1M
Output price
$0.1/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$30/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+$29.9/1M
Context window
33k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+967k
Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 100% with Doubao Lite 1.5
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Doubao Lite 1.5$2.90 / mo
In: $1.4Out: $1.5
GPT-5.6 Sol$625.00 / mo
In: $175Out: $450
Estimated Cost Delta

Doubao Lite 1.5 is estimated to save $622.10/month ($7,465/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    GPT-5.6 Sol:Pick GPT-5.6 Sol when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
  • 2
    Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 3
    Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGPT-5.6 Sol

Higher SWE-bench (77.6%).

High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower TTFT (110 ms).

Long-document RAGGPT-5.6 Sol

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGPT-5.6 Sol

GPT-5.6 Sol is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsGPT-5.6 SolHigher SWE-bench (77.6%).
High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIDoubao Lite 1.5Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAGGPT-5.6 SolLarger window (1M).
Screenshots / visionGPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 Sol is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK
VS
ByteDance

Doubao Lite 1.5

Elo 1,360
SWE-bench46%
Speed (tok/s)180 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.04/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.1/1M
OpenAI

GPT-5.6 Sol

Elo 1,608
SWE-bench77.6%
Speed (tok/s)84 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$5/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$30/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol?
GPT-5.6 Sol has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,608). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol?
GPT-5.6 Sol leads SWE-bench at 77.6% vs 46%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Doubao Lite 1.5 output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $30/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or GPT-5.6 Sol?
Doubao Lite 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 270 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-5.6 Sol accepts 1M tokens versus 33k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Doubao Lite 1.5 and GPT-5.6 Sol Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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