GPT-6.1 Terra (Low) vs Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Terra (Low) by OpenAI or Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Terra (Low)
Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Low): 40.9% less intelligence, 900.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1535.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Terra (Low) | Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 36.2 | 21.4 | −40.9% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 40.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $114.52 | $1,145.36 | +900.1% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 10× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.78s | 110.87s | +1535.3% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 1535.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6.1 Terra (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores 37.90 for $110.
- 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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