GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) vs o3-mini (High)
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) by OpenAI or o3-mini (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 (Medium)
o3-mini (High) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium): 73.4% less intelligence, 99.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 184.4% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) | o3-mini (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.3 | 11.0 | −73.4% o3-mini (High) is 73.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $175.20 | $349.19 | +99.3% o3-mini (High) is 99.3% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.93s | 19.71s | +184.4% o3-mini (High) is 184.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $1.10 / $4.40 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- o3-mini (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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