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gpt-6-sol

Broad No retirement date OpenAI 25+ regions tracked

Available in 28 of 35 tracked regions with 8 deployment SKU types.

Datazone Global Other Provisioned
Total regions 28
Coverage 80%
SKU types 8
Next retirement None set
Widest SKU footprint Standard Global Priority Processing 28 regions · 80% coverage · Other

Lifecycle

No deprecation or retirement date has been announced for this model in Microsoft's retirement table. See the lifecycle guide for how dates are set.

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go · Global $4.00 per 1M tokens Blended at 3:1 input:output
Project monthly cost
Per 1M tokensGlobalData Zone
Input$2.00$2.20
Cached input$0.20$0.22
Output$10.00$11.00

Provisioned (PTU): Global $1.00 · Data Zone $1.10 · Regional $2.00 per PTU-hour. A 1-year reservation brings it to about $221 per PTU-month.

Pay-as-you-go list price in USD for East US 2 from the Azure Retail Prices API, checked daily, last updated 2026-11-01. Excludes tax and negotiated discounts; other regions can differ.

Deployment Options

Global

Global deployments

Worldwide availability with intelligent routing

Best for applications needing global reach with automatic failover

Global Standard 28 regions · 80% coverage
Global coverage 28 regions · 80% coverage

⚠ Data may be processed in any Azure region — not suitable for HIPAA, FedRAMP, or strict data-residency requirements

Datazone

Datazone deployments

Data residency compliance deployments

Required for data sovereignty and compliance requirements (GDPR, etc.)

Datazone provisioned managed 7 regions · 20% coverage
Datazone standard 16 regions · 46% coverage

✓ Data stays within the specified geographic zone — supports GDPR and regional data-residency policies

Provisioned

Provisioned deployments

Reserved throughput capacity (PTU)

Best for predictable, high-volume production workloads

Provisioned (PTU managed) 1 regions · 3% coverage
Provisioned global 28 regions · 80% coverage

✓ Single-region deployment — HIPAA-eligible in supported regions with a BAA from Microsoft

Other

Other deployments

Deployment labels outside the canonical SKU groups

Review individual SKU labels for deployment behavior.

Full Availability Matrix

28 regions
RegionDatazone Standard Priority ProcessingDatazone provisioned managedDatazone standardGlobal StandardGlobal coverageProvisioned (PTU managed)Provisioned globalStandard Global Priority Processing
Australia East———✓✓—✓✓
Brazil South———✓✓—✓✓
Canada Central———✓✓—✓✓
Canada East———✓✓—✓✓
Central US✓✓✓✓✓—✓✓
East US✓✓✓✓✓—✓✓
East US 2✓✓✓✓✓—✓✓
France Central——✓✓✓—✓✓
Germany West Central——✓✓✓—✓✓
Italy North——✓✓✓—✓✓
Japan East———✓✓—✓✓
Korea Central———✓✓—✓✓
North Central US✓✓✓✓✓—✓✓
Norway East——✓✓✓—✓✓
Poland Central——✓✓✓—✓✓
South Africa North———✓✓—✓✓
South Central US✓✓✓✓✓—✓✓
South India———✓✓—✓✓
Southeast Asia———✓✓—✓✓
Spain Central——✓✓✓—✓✓
Sweden Central——✓✓✓—✓✓
Switzerland North——✓✓✓—✓✓
Switzerland West———✓✓—✓✓
UAE North———✓✓✓✓✓
UK South———✓✓—✓✓
West Europe——✓✓✓—✓✓
West US✓✓✓✓✓—✓✓
West US 3✓✓✓✓✓—✓✓

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Last updated: 2026-11-12 16:36 UTC