DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning)
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) 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 DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max)
GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max): 14.0% less intelligence, 60.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 95.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) | GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 24.2 | 20.8 | −14.0% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 14.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $159.30 | $255.77 | +60.6% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 60.6% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 99.17s | 4.90s | −95.1% GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-re… is 95.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.11 / $0.23 | $2.00 / $12.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
- 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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