GPT-5.6 Terra (Low) vs Grok 4.3 (High)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Terra (Low) by OpenAI or Grok 4.3 (High) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra (Low)
Grok 4.3 (High) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Low): 9.5% less intelligence, 3.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 430.2% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Terra (Low) | Grok 4.3 (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 27.5 | 24.9 | −9.5% Grok 4.3 (High) is 9.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $350.36 | $363.24 | +3.7% Grok 4.3 (High) is 3.7% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.92s | 31.39s | +430.2% Grok 4.3 (High) is 430.2% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $12.0 | $1.25 / $2.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5.6 Terra (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Grok 4.3 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
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