GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) by OpenAI or Qwen3.5 9B (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 (Medium)
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium): 72.9% less intelligence, 87.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 547.5% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) | Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.3 | 11.2 | −72.9% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 72.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $175.20 | $328.86 | +87.7% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 87.7% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.95s | 45.00s | +547.5% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 547.5% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.14 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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