GPT-5.6 Terra vs MiniMax M2.5
GPT-5.6 Terra leads MiniMax M2.5 on coding, 63.9 to 37.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M2.5 costs 10.0x less per output token ($1.20 vs $12.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 60 benchmarks have a result for both.
GPT-5.6 Terra or MiniMax M2.5: which to pick
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra for coding: it scores 63.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 37.2 for MiniMax M2.5.
Pick MiniMax M2.5 for output tokens 10.0x cheaper ($1.20 vs $12.00 per million) and work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or Kagi LLM Benchmark, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 60
- GPT-5.6 Terra only
- 69
- MiniMax M2.5 only
- 11
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra scores 63.9 against 37.2.
6 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads, 42.1 against 22.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Terra has a AA Agentic Index result, 43.2.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads, 90.9% against 82.1%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only MiniMax M2.5 has a AIME result, 88.8%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads, 86.7% against 80.1%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads, 1268 against 1222.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra takes 1.05M tokens against 205K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-5.6 Terra $0.0080, MiniMax M2.5 $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra $0.42, MiniMax M2.5 $0.62.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-5.6 Terra 63.9 from 6 benchmarks, MiniMax M2.5 37.2 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 33.7 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ARC-AGI-2: GPT-5.6 Terra 83.9% against MiniMax M2.5 4.9%, 79.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-5.6 Terra $12.00 against MiniMax M2.5 $1.20 per million output tokens, 10.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-5.6 Terra takes 1.05M tokens, MiniMax M2.5 205K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Terra | Bars | MiniMax M2.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 10 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 8 | 1 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 8 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 1 | ||
| General | 18 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 56 | 4 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index100
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 75.8% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | Not measured | 68.3% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| LiveBench coding | 86.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1522 | 1386 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| AA Coding Index | 76.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.9% | 79.2% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.4% | 74.2% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 22.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 74.6% | 14.8% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 47.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 87.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 14.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 58.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 72.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SciCode | 55.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 62.9% | 34.8% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 42.7% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| FrontierCode | 41.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| WeirdML | 78.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1951.4 | 618.2 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1485 | 1380 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1482 | 1383 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1513 | 1374 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1526 | 1414 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1541 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SciCode | 10.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 | 92.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SWE Atlas: Codebase QnA | Not measured | 10.3% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Refactoring | Not measured | 19.5% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| SWE Atlas: Test Writing | Not measured | 18.6% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 42.1 | 22.8 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 160.1 | 146.6 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 43.2 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1120 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1061 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1110 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1060 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1083 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1047 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1104 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LiveBench research | 60.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 48.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 9.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 54.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 30.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 41.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 66.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 10.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 86.3% | 95.3% | MiniMax M2.5 |
| APEX-Agents | 58.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| BALROG | 53.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $7,343 | -$23 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index81
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 82.1% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LiveBench reasoning | 90.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 86.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 92.5% | 84.8% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 42.9% | 20.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| ARC-AGI | 96.5% | 63.7% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | 4.9% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| SimpleBench | 48.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Chess puzzles | 47.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 35.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1469 | 1372 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1496 | 1378 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1465 | 1384 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1295 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1312 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 51.3% | 55.2% | MiniMax M2.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 88.8% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 86.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 70.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| ProofBench | 74.0% | 4.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: math | 1465 | 1378 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1478 | 1378 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.7% | 80.1% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 85.1% | 80.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.5% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 65.3% | 59.6% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.2% | 68.2% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 67.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 92.5% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 43.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 43.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1452 | 1369 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1430 | 1357 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1461 | 1366 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1448 | 1356 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 52.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index61
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1268 | 1222 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1256 | 1170 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1229 | 1176 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1240 | 1172 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1134 | 1170 | MiniMax M2.5 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1240 | 1207 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1219 | 1150 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1178 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LiveBench design | 76.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index181
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 62.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 47.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 82.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 65.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| IFBench | 71.2% | 71.6% | MiniMax M2.5 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.0% | 73.3% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| DTBench | 93.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMCA | 54.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 11.4% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 83.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Furniture assembly | 54.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| CL-bench Life | Not measured | 6.3% | Only MiniMax M2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1359 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1456 | 1353 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1413 | 1331 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Vision | 1271 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1449 | 1380 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1441 | 1338 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1514 | 1393 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: German | 1460 | 1361 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1454 | 1171 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1427 | 1233 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: French | 1466 | 1363 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1451 | 1353 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1452 | 1359 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1446 | 1334 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | 1364 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1454 | 1366 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1431 | 1345 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1418 | 1329 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1272 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1337 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1278 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1236 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1248 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Document | 1472 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1234 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiniMax M2.5 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiniMax M2.5 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiniMax M2.5 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | MiniMax |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | July 9, 2026 | February 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 205K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.00 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | 63.9 | 37.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.42 | $0.62 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than MiniMax M2.5 for coding?
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra for coding: it scores 63.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 37.2 for MiniMax M2.5. Pick MiniMax M2.5 for output tokens 10.0x cheaper ($1.20 vs $12.00 per million) and work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or Kagi LLM Benchmark, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Terra or MiniMax M2.5?
GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.5 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, GPT-5.6 Terra costs $0.42 and MiniMax M2.5 $0.62.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5.6 Terra or MiniMax M2.5?
GPT-5.6 Terra, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-5.6 Terra vs MiniMax M2.5 comparison based on?
60 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-5.6 Terra's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M2.5's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.