GPT-5.6 Terra (Low) vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Terra (Low) by OpenAI or Qwen3.7 Plus by Alibaba? 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)
Qwen3.7 Plus vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Low): 8.4% less intelligence, 22.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 667.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Terra (Low) | Qwen3.7 Plus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 27.5 | 25.2 | −8.4% Qwen3.7 Plus is 8.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $350.36 | $427.73 | +22.1% Qwen3.7 Plus is 22.1% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.92s | 45.45s | +667.7% Qwen3.7 Plus is 667.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $12.0 | $0.40 / $1.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
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.
- Qwen3.7 Plus is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
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