GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (High)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) by OpenAI or GPT-6.1 Terra (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Terra (High)
GPT-6.1 Terra (High) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Max): 4.3% more intelligence, 90.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 90.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) | GPT-6.1 Terra (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 42.1 | 43.9 | +4.3% GPT-6.1 Terra (High) is 4.3% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,500.72 | $238.53 | −90.5% GPT-6.1 Terra (High) is 90.5% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 115.44s | 11.16s | −90.3% GPT-6.1 Terra (High) is 90.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $12.0 | $1.00 / $5.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- 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.
- GPT-6.1 Terra (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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