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GPT-5.6 Terra

OpenAI · Released Jul 9, 2026 · Closed weights

Balanced GPT-5.6 model for capable, cost-efficient everyday work

Strongest at
Math
Top 15% of the past year's models · 5 of 5 benchmarks
Price per 1M tokens
$2 / $12
input / output · OpenAI
Context window
1.05M
tokens in · 128K out
Lab announcement ↗Open in the timeline

Capability profile

Scored against 91 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model; further out is better.

This modelMedian of the past year
5090Median of the past yearCoding: 58 · Top 37%Writing: 57 · Top 43%Reading & documents: 50 · Better than 46%Reasoning: 66 · Top 33%Math: 70 · Top 15%Science: 61 · Better than 33%Visual reasoning: 55 · Better than 49%Computer use: 65 · Better than 46%CodingWritingReadingReasoningMathScienceVisionComputer use
Coding58Top 37%
Writing57Top 43%
Reading & documents50Better than 46%
Reasoning66Top 33%
Math70Top 15%
Science61Better than 33%
Visual reasoning55Better than 49%
Computer use65Better than 46%
Where these scores come from

Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow dot rests on a single benchmark.

Price against capability

The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.

5 models from the past year score higher on Math for less: GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6.1 Terra, Gemini 4 Argon and 2 more.

$0.1$0.3$1$3$10$3020406080GPT-6.1 Terra: 76, $2 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 63, $0.52 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 60, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 66, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 54, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 78, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 74, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 63, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 77, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 55, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 78, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 65, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 58, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 76, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 47, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 48, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 42, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 56, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 62, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 60, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 60, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 56, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 62, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 55, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 73, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 52, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 61, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 48, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 63, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 55, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 62, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 54, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 46, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 75, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 54, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 67, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 53, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 54, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 42, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 49, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 27, $0.18 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 72, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 68, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 45, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 49, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 39, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 23, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 60, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 51, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 58, $0.25 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 37, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 44, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 67, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 64, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 49, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 53, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 56, $0.69 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 55, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 60, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 57, $10 per 1MGLM-4.7: 48, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 50, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 61, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 51, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 54, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 64, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 51, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1 Codex Max: 37, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.1: 64, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 70, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 TerraPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Math$0.1$1$1020406080GPT-6.1 Terra: 76, $2 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 63, $0.52 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 60, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 66, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 54, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 78, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 75, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 74, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 63, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 77, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 55, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 78, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 65, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 58, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 76, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 47, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 48, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 42, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 56, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 62, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 60, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 60, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 56, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 62, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 55, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 73, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 52, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 35, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 61, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 48, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 63, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 55, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 62, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 54, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 46, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 75, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 54, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 67, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 53, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 54, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 42, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 49, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 27, $0.18 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 72, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 68, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 45, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 49, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 39, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 23, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 60, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 49, $0.84 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 51, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 58, $0.25 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 37, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 48, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 44, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 67, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 64, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 49, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 47, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 53, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 56, $0.69 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 55, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 54, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 60, $1.55 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 57, $10 per 1MGLM-4.7: 48, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 50, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Pro: 61, $57.8 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 51, $4.81 per 1MGPT-5.2: 54, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 64, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 51, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1 Codex Max: 37, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.1: 64, $3.44 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 70, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 TerraPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Math

OpenAI $2 / $12 · OpenRouter $2 / $12 · Cached input $0.2

The GPT-6.1 Terra line

2 releases in the GPT-6.1 Terra line.

GPT-5.6 TerraJul 9, 2026109dGPT-6.1 TerraOct 26, 2026

A newer release is out: GPT-6.1 Terra.

ECI STANDING#13 of 270
SCORE160.09157.3–163.31 CI
FRONTIER LAGLaunched 2.5 months behindScores about what GPT-5.5 Pro did in April 2026.
SCORES LIKE THESE MODELSGPT-5.5OpenAI · Apr 2026159.68GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI · Mar 2026159.57Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic · Oct 2026159.32Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic · May 2026159.01
Full Epoch Capabilities Index ranking ↗

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
100%#14 of 216
GPQA diamond
93%#18 of 234
WeirdML
78%#13 of 141
ARC-AGI
96%#12 of 107
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
86%#12 of 90
ARC-AGI-2
84%#15 of 103
Balrog
53%#6 of 39
DTBench
93%#32 of 179
10 more boards
ProofBench
74%#16 of 81
Surface Evolver Bench
84%#6 of 26
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
71%#17 of 72
Mystery Game Puzzles
35%#22 of 88
Chess Puzzles
47%#24 of 93
APEX-Agents
58%#14 of 51
Furniture Assembly
54%#12 of 35
SimpleQA Verified
43%#43 of 85
SimpleBench
49%#46 of 89
FrontierCode
41%#24 of 46

OpenAI's past year

24 release days in the past year, about one every 15 days. The next is expected around Nov 8, 2026. Forecasts ↗

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Specifications

RELEASE DATEJul 9, 2026
WEIGHTSClosed weights
CONTEXT WINDOW1.05M
MAX OUTPUT128K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext, image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, image/webp, application/pdf
OUTPUTStext

Models.dev record ↗

Specifications and prices from Models.dev; availability and limits may differ by provider. Benchmarks from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), LiveBench and the other sources named above.