GPT-5.6 Terra vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2: Release Comparison
Comparison of the GPT-5.6 Terra and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 releases: 6 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 8 models.
- For intelligence, GPT-5.6 Terra scores highest: GPT-5.6 Terra (max) at 42, against NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) at 7 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2.
- For output speed, NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 is fastest: NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) at 159 t/s, against GPT-5.6 Terra (max) at 95 t/s for GPT-5.6 Terra.
Releases compared
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
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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
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| 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 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 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 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 | - | | |
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) |  NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.04 | $0.16 | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | 7.88s | 24.93s | 29.19s | - | 9B | 131k | Aug 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |  | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.05 | $0.195 | - | - | - | - | - | 159 | 1.60s | 1.60s | 4.75s | - | 9B | 131k | Aug 2025 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text | | |||