GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-5.6 Terra: Release Comparison
Comparison of the GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.6 Terra releases: 6 and 6 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 12 models.
- For intelligence, GPT-5.6 Sol scores highest: GPT-5.6 Sol (max) at 47, against GPT-5.6 Terra (max) at 42 for GPT-5.6 Terra.
- For output speed, GPT-5.6 Terra is fastest: GPT-5.6 Terra (max) at 95 t/s, against GPT-5.6 Sol (max) at 84 t/s for GPT-5.6 Sol.
- For cost per task, GPT-5.6 Terra is cheapest: GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) at $0.14, against GPT-5.6 Sol (low) at $0.26 for GPT-5.6 Sol.
Releases compared
Intelligence
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GPT-5.6 Sol (max) |  OpenAI | 47 | 49 | 54 | 50 | 45 | 49 | 53 | $1.99 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $3,465 | 29k | 17k | 90M | 84 | 124.25s | 124.25s | 130.19s | 352.71s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |   | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) | OpenAI | 44 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 43 | 45 | 51 | $1.18 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $2,082 | 20k | 10k | 51M | 72 | 33.37s | 33.37s | 40.28s | 267.37s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (high) | OpenAI | 42 | 46 | 51 | 47 | 42 | 43 | 50 | $0.81 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $1,487 | 13k | 6k | 34M | 71 | 17.49s | 17.49s | 24.51s | 178.15s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra (max) | OpenAI | 42 | 41 | 47 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 45 | $1.40 | $1.7 | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | $2,501 | 39k | 26k | 122M | 95 | 237.17s | 237.17s | 242.42s | 403.47s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) | OpenAI | 39 | 43 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 48 | $0.50 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $997 | 8k | 3k | 21M | 60 | 5.07s | 5.07s | 13.36s | 130.28s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh) | OpenAI | 38 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 44 | $0.63 | $1.7 | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | $1,187 | 20k | 12k | 52M | 94 | 34.50s | 34.50s | 39.84s | 214.98s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra (high) | OpenAI | 34 | 37 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 42 | $0.34 | $1.7 | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | $768 | 11k | 5k | 33M | 85 | 3.38s | 3.38s | 9.29s | 134.01s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (low) | OpenAI | 33 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 34 | 44 | $0.26 | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | $637 | 4k | 837 | 13M | 62 | 3.71s | 3.71s | 11.78s | 60.53s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra (medium) | OpenAI | 30 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 37 | $0.18 | $1.7 | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | $447 | 5k | 2k | 17M | 84 | 2.16s | 2.16s | 8.08s | 63.71s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (Non-reasoning) | OpenAI | 28 | 29 | 32 | 31 | - | - | 32 | - | $3.1 | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.40 | - | - | - | - | 64 | 1.20s | 1.20s | 9.04s | - | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra (low) | OpenAI | 27 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 34 | $0.14 | $1.7 | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | $350 | 4k | 1k | 11M | 82 | 1.95s | 1.95s | 8.05s | 48.66s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) | OpenAI | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | - | 21 | 24 | $0.14 | $1.7 | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | $256 | 3k | 0 | 6M | 80 | 0.89s | 0.89s | 7.11s | 38.83s | - | 1M | Jul 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |