GPT‑6 Astra Is Rolling Out Now: Pricing, Access Tiers and What It Beats on Benchmarks

GPT‑6 Astra is finally live, but if you’re refreshing ChatGPT hoping to see a shiny “Astra” button, you’re not alone in being confused. OpenAI launched the model on September 3, then rolled it out in stages after what Sam Altman himself called a “messy” start.

Who actually has access right now

On the consumer side, Pro ($100 and $200 tiers), Business and Enterprise users are seeing GPT‑6 Astra appear in the model picker on web, iOS and Android, with Pro also getting access to an Astra Pro variant for heavier workloads. Plus subscribers are getting Astra mainly inside ChatGPT Work and Codex, not the standard chat, and with limited usage before credits kick in. Free and Go users are still excluded from Astra entirely for now.

For developers, the model is available via the OpenAI API as gpt-6-astra, plus through Microsoft Azure and AWS Bedrock integrations. Enterprise workspaces can enable Astra, but it’s often off by default until admins turn it on and set policies.

GPT-6 Astra Pricing: what you’ll actually pay

On the API, OpenAI’s standard pricing for GPT‑6 Astra is $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, with cached inputs at $1 per million and cache writes at $12.50 per million. There’s also a fast mode that runs up to 2× speed at 2× the standard rate.

Inside ChatGPT subscriptions, Astra usage is bundled into your existing Work/Codex allowances for Pro, Business and Enterprise, with extra usage charged as credits; Plus gets a smaller included slice before overage charges apply.

GPT-6 Astra Benchmarks

OpenAI is positioning Astra as its computer‑use and coding flagship, not just a better chat model. On Terminal‑Bench 4.0, Astra scores around 58.18%, ahead of GPT‑5.6 Sol (~37–38%) and Claude Fable 5.1 (~55–56%). On OSWorld 2.0, Astra hits 72.6% versus Sol’s 65.7%, and on ScreenSpot‑Pro it reaches 92.7% compared to Sol’s 76.9%.

Astra shines on long, multi‑step terminal work, browser and desktop automation, and complex coding agents, while older models still handle simple Q&A just fine. If your workflow leans heavily on agents, code and computer control, Astra is the one OpenAI wants you running.

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