GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

GPT-5.6 Terra (Max) vs Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

OpenAIGPT-5.6 Terra (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
42.10
Total cost
$2501
ByteDance SeedSeed-OSS-36B-InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.10
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGPT-5.6 Terra (Max)Seed-OSS-36B-InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)42.112.1−71.3% Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is 71.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,500.72Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)104.98s65.70s−37.4% Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is 37.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $12.0$0.21 / $0.57
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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