Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Non-reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) by Google or GPT-6.1 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-6.1 Terra (Non-reasoning)
GPT-6.1 Terra (Non-reasoning) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (High): 2.8% more intelligence, 95.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 61.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) | GPT-6.1 Terra (Non-reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 32.6 | 33.5 | +2.8% GPT-6.1 Terra (Non-re… is 2.8% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $3,534.07 | $153.58 | −95.7% GPT-6.1 Terra (Non-re… is 95.7% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.83s | 6.51s | −61.3% GPT-6.1 Terra (Non-re… is 61.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $1.00 / $5.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
- GPT-6.1 Terra (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
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