GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Updated October 21, 2026. 45 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra for coding: it scores 69.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 7.7 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B when output tokens cost 12.0x less, or when what matters is τ²-Bench Telecom or IFBench, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 45
- GPT-5.6 Terra only
- 79
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra scores 69.0 against 7.7.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads, 42.1 against 19.3.
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
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Terra has a GPQA Diamond result, 90.9%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Terra has a MMLU Pro result, 86.7%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Terra has a Design Arena: websites result, 1269.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
GPT-5.6 Terra $0.0080, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B $0.0006 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Terra has the number, $0.42.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-5.6 Terra 69.0 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 7.7 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Coding, 34.2 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ALE-Bench: GPT-5.6 Terra 1951.4 against Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 221.8, 57.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-5.6 Terra $12.00 against Qwen3.5-35B-A3B $1.00 per million output tokens, 12.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-5.6 Terra takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 262K.
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 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 6 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 20 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 43 | 2 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 86.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1522 | 1254 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| AA Coding Index | 76.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 22.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 74.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| 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% | 26.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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 | 221.8 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1485 | 1410 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1482 | 1415 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1513 | 1238 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1526 | 1301 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1541 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 42.1 | 19.3 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 160.1 | 142.5 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 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 | 1112 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1066 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1082 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1108 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1130 | 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% | 89.2% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| 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 | $463 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| 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% | 84.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 42.9% | 21.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% | 83.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| ARC-AGI | 96.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| 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 | 1400 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1496 | 1408 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1465 | 1411 | 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.7% | 70.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1465 | 1404 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1478 | 1410 | 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 index40
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 85.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 65.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 67.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra 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 | 1413 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1430 | 1421 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1461 | 1399 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1448 | 1394 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1269 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1259 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1230 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1240 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1135 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1241 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1220 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1177 | 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 index201
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 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% | 72.5% | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.0% | 72.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| DTBench | 93.3% | 80.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMCA | 54.9% | 29.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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 |
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1395 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1456 | 1379 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1413 | 1347 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Vision | 1271 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1449 | 1407 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1441 | 1378 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1514 | 1457 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: German | 1460 | 1367 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1454 | 1326 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1427 | 1355 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: French | 1466 | 1412 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1451 | 1390 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1452 | 1376 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1446 | 1385 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | 1390 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1454 | 1389 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1431 | 1365 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1418 | 1347 | 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | 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
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 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 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | July 9, 2026 | February 25, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.00 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | 69.0 | 7.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.42 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B for coding?
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra for coding: it scores 69.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 7.7 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. Pick Qwen3.5-35B-A3B when output tokens cost 12.0x less, or when what matters is τ²-Bench Telecom or IFBench, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Terra or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs $0.14 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5.6 Terra only.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5.6 Terra or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
GPT-5.6 Terra, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B comparison based on?
45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-5.6 Terra's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.