Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite by Google or GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) 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-6.1 Terra (Medium)
GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: 86.0% more intelligence, 48.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 23.8% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 22.2 | 41.3 | +86.0% GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) is 86.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $337.15 | $175.20 | −48.0% GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) is 48.0% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.09s | 6.93s | −23.8% GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) is 23.8% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $1.00 / $5.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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