GPT-6 Astra on OpenRouter

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GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI's flagship model, is now available on OpenRouter.

GPT-6 Astra costs $10/M input and $50/M output tokens, with a 1,050,000 token context window. It supports tool calling, structured outputs, and up to 128K completion tokens. It is suited for advanced analysis, software engineering, deep research, and agentic tasks involving computer/browser use. Providers include OpenAI and Azure, with varying prices and performance.

What commenters are saying

Users confirmed access rolling out across Pro and Business plans. One user noted their Pro plan received 'bankable resets' for each day Astra was delayed, which some saw as an incentive to move fast. Another user shared comparison SVGs of pelicans riding bicycles across Astra and other models, noting Astra produces much better results but uses fewer tokens. The Pelican benchmark drew discussion on whether it is still a useful proxy, given it may have been trained on.