GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) vs Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) by OpenAI or Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) 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 (Medium)
Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium): 28.9% less intelligence, 156.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1759.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) | Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 21.4 | −28.9% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 28.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $446.53 | $1,145.36 | +156.5% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 2.6× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 5.99s | 111.41s | +1759.9% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 1759.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $12.0 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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