DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) by DeepSeek or GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning)
GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) vs DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25): 82.5% more intelligence, 44.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 73.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) | GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 11.4 | 20.8 | +82.5% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 82.5% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $460.74 | $255.77 | −44.5% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 44.5% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 18.43s | 4.90s | −73.4% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 73.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $4.00 | $2.00 / $12.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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