GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) by OpenAI or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 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)
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium): 3.4% less intelligence, 1402.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 820.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.3 | 39.9 | −3.4% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 3.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $175.20 | $2,632.05 | +1402.3% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 15× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.93s | 63.76s | +820.1% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 820.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| 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.
- Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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