Gemini 4 Argon (High) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)

Which is better for the money: Gemini 4 Argon (High) by Google or GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.

Trade-off

GoogleGemini 4 Argon (High)On the frontier

Intelligence: 52.60
Total cost: $2101

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Terra (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 48.10
Total cost: $909

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Gemini 4 Argon (High) scores 4.5 points higher (52.6 vs 48.1) but costs 2.3× as much to run the benchmark ($2101 vs $909; flagship vs premium cost classes). Pick Gemini 4 Argon (High) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise GPT-6.1 Terra (Max).

Metric	Gemini 4 Argon (High)	GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	52.6	48.1	−8.6% GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) is 8.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,101.26	$909.01	−56.7% GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) is 56.7% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	54.41s	83.46s	+53.4% GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) is 53.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$1.00 / $5.00
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High): 8.6% less intelligence, 56.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 53.4% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Gemini 4 Argon (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.

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