Gemini 4 Argon (High) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Max)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 4 Argon (High) by Google or GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 4 Argon (High)
GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High): 20.0% less intelligence, 3.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 70.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 4 Argon (High) | GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 52.6 | 42.1 | −20.0% GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) is 20.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,407.24 | $2,500.72 | +3.9% GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) is 3.9% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 63.19s | 107.91s | +70.8% GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) is 70.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $2.00 / $12.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 4 Argon (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
- GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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