Compare · 2026-10-15

GPT-5.6 Terra vs O1

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

CategoryGPT-5.6 TerraO1
General LLM
#35 · #35 in General LLM
Margin 23.80952380952381
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#112 · Was SOTA · General LLM
Margin 76.19047619047619
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Reasoning
#35 · #35 in Reasoning
Margin 24.657534246575338
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#117 · Was SOTA · Reasoning
Margin 80.82191780821918
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Math
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#34 · #34 in Math
Margin 75.55555555555556
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Science
#15 · #15 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
#77 · #77 in Science
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Coding
#13 · #13 in Coding
Margin 63.63636363636363
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Coding › Agentic
#13 · #13 in Coding › Agentic
Margin 63.63636363636363
Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026
—
Coding › Web dev
#42 · #42 in Coding › Web dev
Margin 38.3177570093458
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
—
Long context
#46 · #46 in Long context
Margin 31.292517006802726
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#108 · Was SOTA · Long context
Margin 73.46938775510205
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
Vision
#11 · #11 in Vision
Margin 31.578947368421055
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026
Factuality
#24 · #24 in Factuality
Margin 18.656716417910445
LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026
#— · Not enough data
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Abstraction (ARC)
#4 · #4 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 9, 2026
#57 · #57 in Abstraction (ARC)
Margin —
Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024
Price per 1M tokens

GPT-5.6 Terra: $4.5 per 1M blended tokens.

O1: $26.25 per 1M blended tokens.

Open weights

GPT-5.6 Terra: closed weights.

O1: closed weights.

Which to pick

General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in General LLM at #35 against #112.

Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in Reasoning at #35 against #117.

Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in Science at #15 against #77.

Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in Long context at #46 against #108.

Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #4 against #57.

GPT-5.6 Terra · O1

GPT-5.6 Terra or O1?

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

GPT-5.6 Terra or O1 for General LLM?

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in General LLM at #35 against #112.

GPT-5.6 Terra or O1 for Reasoning?

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in Reasoning at #35 against #117.

GPT-5.6 Terra or O1 for Science?

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra leads O1 in Science at #15 against #77.