GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) vs Grok 4.7 (Low)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) by OpenAI or Grok 4.7 (Low) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Grok 4.7 (Low)
Grok 4.7 (Low) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (Max): 0.2% more intelligence, 34.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 89.8% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) | Grok 4.7 (Low) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 42.1 | 42.2 | +0.2% Grok 4.7 (Low) is 0.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,500.72 | $1,630.69 | −34.8% Grok 4.7 (Low) is 34.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 110.99s | 11.34s | −89.8% Grok 4.7 (Low) is 89.8% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $12.0 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| 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.
- Grok 4.7 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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