OpenAI GPT · Flagship · 2026-08-13

GPT-5.6 Sol vision benchmark

How GPT-5.6 Sol performed on screenshot-based UI grounding, element-presence, and visible layout-defect tasks relevant to test automation.

Exact API modelopenai/gpt-5.6-sol

Requests were pinned to OpenAI infrastructure through OpenRouter. Fallbacks were disabled for every retained request.

Grounding hit rate96%
Mean box IoU0.677
Presence accuracy100%
Defect accuracy92%

Overall result

GPT-5.6 Sol across all three UI tasks

GPT-5.6 Sol hit 23 of 24 requested UI targets. Its balanced accuracy was 100% for element presence and 92% for layout-defect detection.

This dated pilot retained 24 grounding responses and 24 detection responses. No detection requests failed. Results describe this exact API model and test corpus, not general model quality or a consumer chat product.

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Relative performance

Where GPT-5.6 Sol sits among the tested models

Each scale compares the selected model with the strongest and weakest other model. All three metrics come from the same completed 24-case grounding run; stronger is always to the right.

Box IoUHigher is stronger
0.677
Weakest other
Claude Sonnet 50.043
Strongest other
GPT-5.6 Luna0.771
SpeedLower latency is stronger
3.23 s
Weakest other
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview11.89 s
Strongest other
Grok 4.51.67 s
CostLower total cost is stronger
$0.2453
Weakest other
Claude Opus 5$0.2474
Strongest other
GPT-5.6 Luna$0.0057
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UI grounding

Can GPT-5.6 Sol locate actionable elements?

Twenty-four targets span six deterministic desktop and mobile screens. A schema-valid point inside the requested target counts as a hit; box IoU measures localization precision.

commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / add productPassedHit0.9933.08 s$0.0129
commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / searchPassedHit0.7013.67 s$0.0148
commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / catalog queryPassedHit0.8252.12 s$0.0126
commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / stock filterPassedHit0.0693.58 s$0.0155
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / search fieldPassedHit0.8212.02 s$0.0126
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / compare togglePassedHit0.4393.70 s$0.0155
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / audience tabPassedHit0.9264.20 s$0.0167
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / revenue cardPassedHit0.9892.64 s$0.0145
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / auto modePassedHit0.0403.77 s$0.0181
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / devices navPassedHit0.9241.42 s$0.0126
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / pump cardPassedHit0.9763.96 s$0.0143
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / restart devicePassedMiss0.2882.08 s$0.0126
banking ios / clean / grounding / transferPassedHit0.3542.65 s$0.0046
banking ios / clean / grounding / profilePassedHit0.9633.23 s$0.0064
banking ios / clean / grounding / transaction searchPassedHit0.8493.88 s$0.0066
banking ios / clean / grounding / hide balancePassedHit0.2016.71 s$0.0078
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / trips tabPassedHit0.7282.70 s$0.0069
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / boarding passPassedHit0.9171.70 s$0.0046
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / check inPassedHit0.8031.52 s$0.0046
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / profile tabPassedHit0.7287.34 s$0.0113
smart home android / clean / grounding / thermostat cardPassedHit0.4581.68 s$0.0046
smart home android / clean / grounding / add devicePassedHit0.5892.30 s$0.0046
smart home android / clean / grounding / morePassedHit0.8004.32 s$0.0046
smart home android / clean / grounding / room searchPassedHit0.8643.15 s$0.0064

Detection results

Presence and visible layout defects

Separate balanced tasks measure whether the model rejects absent elements and distinguishes clean controls from screenshots containing one seeded layout defect.

Can the model tell when an element is not there?

Six present and six absent target queries per model. This track measures classification only.

Balanced accuracy100%
Present recall100%
Absent specificity100%
Coverage12/12
Expected
commerce catalog desktop / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent7.96 s$0.0110
commerce catalog desktop / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent9.13 s$0.0110
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent8.53 s$0.0110
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent7.12 s$0.0110
iot control desktop / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent5.41 s$0.0110
iot control desktop / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent8.10 s$0.0110
banking ios / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent6.42 s$0.0031
banking ios / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent5.69 s$0.0032
flight pass ios / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent8.96 s$0.0032
flight pass ios / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent9.16 s$0.0032
smart home android / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent8.18 s$0.0032
smart home android / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent8.85 s$0.0032

Can the model distinguish clean and broken layouts?

Six clean controls and six screenshots with one seeded defect per model. Transport failures remain operational failures, not accuracy answers.

Balanced accuracy92%
Defect recall83%
Clean specificity100%
Coverage12/12
Localization IoU
commerce catalog desktop / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable26.99 s$0.0129
commerce catalog desktop / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.21315.88 s$0.0183
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable8.53 s$0.0128
analytics dashboard desktop / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.16512.68 s$0.0180
iot control desktop / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable7.26 s$0.0128
iot control desktop / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.0789.01 s$0.0153
banking ios / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable8.29 s$0.0072
banking ios / defect / layout defectInvalidIncorrectIncorrect0.00016.93 sUnavailable
flight pass ios / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable7.86 s$0.0055
flight pass ios / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.35910.07 s$0.0087
smart home android / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable8.11 s$0.0047
smart home android / defect / layout defectValidCorrectIncorrect0.00011.32 s$0.0122

Why this research matters

Using the right kind of vision for each test

Top vision LLMs can reason about complex visual meaning, but they are still too slow and expensive for every test step. This research helps us identify where their semantic capabilities justify that trade-off.

01

Fast local evaluation

Repeato’s own local vision algorithms handle frequent interactions, visual matching, and regression checks with fast feedback, predictable behavior, and no per-request model cost.

02

Semantic reasoning when needed

Top vision LLMs are useful for more complicated questions: understanding meaning, checking dynamic content, describing defects, or evaluating concepts that cannot be captured by a simple visual fingerprint.

03

An evidence-based hybrid

Benchmarking accuracy, latency, reliability, and cost helps us decide which checks should remain local and which benefit enough from an LLM to justify a slower, more expensive evaluation.

Our product strategy

Use Repeato’s local computer vision as the fast foundation, then bring in top vision LLMs selectively for complicated or semantic reasoning where they provide meaningful additional value.

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Test coverage

Six screens, three task types

Every model is evaluated against the same frozen corpus, prompts, response schemas, and normalized 0–1000 geometry.

01

Commerce catalog

Desktop web with a clean control and a paired container clipping defect.

02

Analytics dashboard

Desktop web with a clean control and a paired text overflow defect.

03

IoT control center

Desktop web with a clean control and a paired element overlap defect.

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