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OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra

openai/gpt-5.6-terra

GPT-5.6 Terra is a balanced model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, positioned between the flagship Sol tier and the cost-efficient Luna tier. It is suited for everyday coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks where capability and cost need to be balanced, offering strong performance at roughly half the cost of Sol.

Modalities
In / out price
$2 / $12per 1M
Context
1.1M
Released
Jul 9, 2026
Knowledge cutoff
Feb 2026

Providers

Different companies host the same model. OpenRouter routes your request to one of them based on the routing mode you pick: Balanced (price + speed), Nitro (fastest), or Floor (cheapest).

  • Not used in Standard routing:Why these endpoints are not used

Pricing

The average price customers actually pay for this model, next to the prices providers post. Caching and discounts mean the price actually paid is often well below the listed one.

Weighted average

Input
$0.8513/M tokens
Output
$11.80/M tokens
Price history
No effective price data for this selection
  • Not used in Standard routing:Why these endpoints are not used

Performance

Throughput is how fast the model writes (tokens per second — higher is better). Latency is total round-trip time (lower is better). TTFT is time-to-first-token — how long before you see anything appear (lower is better).

Throughput
96tok/s

P50, best across providers

Latency
0.90s

P50, best provider

Uptime

Uptime is the percentage of the past 3 days that at least one provider was responding to requests. Availability is the percentage of time that inference was successfully served. OpenRouter continuously monitors and uses the next-best provider when one returns an error.

Uptime (3d)The model was reachable. Request routed to a provider.
100.00%
Availability (3d)The model returned inference from any provider. Errors and empty responses count against it.
99.82%

Availability over the last 3 days

Last 72 hours
Availability 99.82%
3 Days Ago2 Days AgoYesterdayNow

Availability over the last 24 hours

OpenRouter Availability
99.83%
Without Routing
98.85%

When an error occurs in an upstream provider, we can recover by routing to another healthy provider, if your request filters allow it. You can access per-provider uptime data programmatically through the Endpoints API. Learn more about our load balancing and provider routing options.

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations and this model’s own outputs on shared benchmark prompts. Higher percentages are better — and each rank shows where this model lands among the models evaluated on that source.

Benchmark score summary for OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (Artificial Analysis and Vals AI)
SourceBenchmarkScore
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) Intelligence Index32.3
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) Coding Index76.7
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) Agentic Index43.2
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) GPQA Diamond92.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) HLE42.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) IFBench71.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) τ²-Bench Telecom86.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) AA-LCR83.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) τ-Bench Banking40.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) GDPval-AA48.1%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) CritPt30.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) SciCode55.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) Terminal-Bench Hard57.6%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) Terminal-Bench 4.035.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) Terminal-Bench 2.188.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) AA-Omniscience Accuracy42.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Max) AA-Omniscience Non-Hallucination Rate10.6%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) Coding Index52.3
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) Agentic Index23.5
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) GPQA Diamond74.6%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) HLE11.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) AA-LCR58.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) τ-Bench Banking15.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) GDPval-AA30.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) CritPt2.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) SciCode45.1%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) Terminal-Bench 4.00.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) Terminal-Bench 2.156.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) AA-Omniscience Accuracy32.6%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Non-reasoning) AA-Omniscience Non-Hallucination Rate4.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) Coding Index58.1
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) Agentic Index25.9
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) GPQA Diamond84.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) HLE29.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) IFBench59.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) τ²-Bench Telecom60.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) AA-LCR71.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) τ-Bench Banking18.8%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) GDPval-AA30.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) CritPt9.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) SciCode49.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) Terminal-Bench Hard43.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) Terminal-Bench 4.01.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) Terminal-Bench 2.162.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) AA-Omniscience Accuracy39.8%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Low) AA-Omniscience Non-Hallucination Rate8.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) Coding Index70.6
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) Agentic Index41.4
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) GPQA Diamond90.8%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) HLE41.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) IFBench66.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) τ²-Bench Telecom80.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) AA-LCR79.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) τ-Bench Banking29.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) GDPval-AA47.8%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) CritPt27.1%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) SciCode52.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) Terminal-Bench Hard62.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) Terminal-Bench 4.010.1%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) Terminal-Bench 2.180.1%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) AA-Omniscience Accuracy41.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Xhigh) AA-Omniscience Non-Hallucination Rate9.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) Coding Index67.1
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) Agentic Index36.7
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) GPQA Diamond89.6%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) HLE38.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) IFBench64.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) τ²-Bench Telecom78.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) AA-LCR77.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) τ-Bench Banking28.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) GDPval-AA44.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) CritPt22.9%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) SciCode52.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) Terminal-Bench Hard57.6%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) Terminal-Bench 4.01.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) Terminal-Bench 2.175.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) AA-Omniscience Accuracy41.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (High) AA-Omniscience Non-Hallucination Rate9.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) Coding Index64.7
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) Agentic Index30.4
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) GPQA Diamond87.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) HLE33.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) IFBench62.2%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) τ²-Bench Telecom72.8%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) AA-LCR74.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) τ-Bench Banking25.6%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) GDPval-AA38.7%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) CritPt17.4%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) SciCode50.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) Terminal-Bench 4.01.0%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) Terminal-Bench 2.172.3%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) AA-Omniscience Accuracy40.5%
Artificial AnalysisGPT-5.6 Terra (Medium) AA-Omniscience Non-Hallucination Rate8.7%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Code Migration47.8%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra CorpFin v265.3%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra CyberBench v1.172.1%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra EMB66.2%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Finance Agent (v2)54.4%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Financial Coaching Bench71.0%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra GPQA Diamond90.9%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark v10.8%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra IOI87.6%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra LiveCodeBench85.9%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra LegalBench85.1%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Legal Research Bench41.3%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra MedCode43.4%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra MedScribe82.9%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra MMLU Pro86.7%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra MMMU Pro86.5%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra MortgageTax67.3%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra ProgramBench0.5%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra ProofBench v1.174.0%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Public Benefits Bench v1.162.4%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra SAGE87.0%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra SkillsBench58.9%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra SRE Bench9.5%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra SWE-bench95.4%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Tax Agent Bench30.0%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra TaxEval v276.2%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Terminal-Bench 4.022.7%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Terminal-Bench-Science10.0%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Vals Index53.1%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Vals Multimodal Index65.1%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Vibe Code Bench 1-10014.8%
Vals AIGPT-5.6 Terra Vibe Code Bench v1.174.6%

Apps

Public apps that send the most traffic to this model. Good signal for what real production workloads look like — and a hint at which use cases this model is best suited for.

1.
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Framer
49Btokens
2.
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Claude Code
35.2Btokens
3.
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Codex
29.1Btokens
4.
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Hermes Agent
19Btokens
5.
16.6Btokens
Rest of OpenRouter
11.6B
Top 5 Apps
2.17B

Activity

Token volume and request traffic to this model over time.

API

Drop-in code to call this model. OpenRouter's API is OpenAI-compatible — most SDKs work by just swapping the base URL. The only thing that changes between models is the model slug below.

OpenAI: GPT Terra versions

Available through EU in-region routing

OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra is available through EU in-region routing. Requests sent to eu.openrouter.ai are decrypted in the EU and routed only to shared provider endpoints in Europe (the EU/EEA, the UK, and Switzerland).

Providers in Europe
Azure
Prices in Europe
  • Azure: $2.20/M tokens input, $13.20/M tokens output
Base URL
https://eu.openrouter.ai/api/v1
Plan
Requires Business or Enterprise. Self-serve on Business: no contract, no monthly minimum. OpenRouter Business for EU in-region routing

Fails closed: if no shared provider endpoint in Europe is available, the request errors instead of leaving the region. Requests served by your own BYOK key go to your deployment’s region, which you control. In-region routing docs

Documentation

Guides, cookbooks, blog posts, and tools for building with OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra on OpenRouter.

Frequently asked questions