GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3.6 27B
GPT-5.6 Terra leads Qwen3.6 27B on coding, 63.9 to 36.8 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.6 27B costs 4.4x less per output token ($2.70 vs $12.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 24 benchmarks have a result for both.
GPT-5.6 Terra or Qwen3.6 27B: which to pick
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra for coding: it scores 63.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 36.8 for Qwen3.6 27B.
Pick Qwen3.6 27B for output tokens 4.4x cheaper ($2.70 vs $12.00 per million) and work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or MortgageTax (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 24
- GPT-5.6 Terra only
- 105
- Qwen3.6 27B only
- 1
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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 36.8.
6 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads, 42.1 against 21.4.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads, 43.2 against 18.5.
Same board, both measured
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, 1268.
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
Qwen3.6 27B
GPT-5.6 Terra $0.0080, Qwen3.6 27B $0.0018 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
GPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra $0.42, Qwen3.6 27B $1.30.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-5.6 Terra 63.9 from 6 benchmarks, Qwen3.6 27B 36.8 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 30.3 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): GPT-5.6 Terra 74.6% against Qwen3.6 27B 11.9%, 62.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-5.6 Terra $12.00 against Qwen3.6 27B $2.70 per million output tokens, 4.4x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-5.6 Terra takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.6 27B 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 | Qwen3.6 27B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 1 | ||
| General | 6 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 22 | 2 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 86.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1522 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| AA Coding Index | 76.7 | 53.7 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.4% | 70.0% | 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% | 11.9% | 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% | 42.8% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 62.9% | 34.8% | 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 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1485 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1482 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1513 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1526 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 42.1 | 21.4 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 160.1 | 146.2 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 43.2 | 18.5 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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% | 94.2% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| 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 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | 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% | 84.2% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 42.9% | 23.1% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% | 85.9% | 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% | 7.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1469 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1496 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1465 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| 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% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.7% | 91.1% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 86.0% | 35.1% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1478 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | 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 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3.6 27B measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 65.3% | 62.3% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.2% | 71.3% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 67.3% | 68.3% | Qwen3.6 27B |
| 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 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1430 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1461 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1448 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 52.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1268 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1256 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1229 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1240 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1134 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1240 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1219 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| 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 index60
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | 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% | 45.6% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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% | 67.6% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.0% | 77.3% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| DTBench | 93.3% | 78.1% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LMCA | 54.9% | 34.5% | 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 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1456 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1413 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1271 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1449 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1441 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1514 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1460 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1454 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1427 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1466 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1451 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1452 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1446 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1454 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1431 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1418 | Not measured | Only GPT-5.6 Terra measured |
| 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 | 1026 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Qwen3.6 27B | 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
Qwen3.6 27B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.6 27B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.6 27B 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 | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | July 9, 2026 | April 27, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.45 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.00 | $2.70 |
| Coding index | 63.9 | 36.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.42 | $1.30 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than Qwen3.6 27B for coding?
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra for coding: it scores 63.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 36.8 for Qwen3.6 27B. Pick Qwen3.6 27B for output tokens 4.4x cheaper ($2.70 vs $12.00 per million) and work measured by τ²-Bench Telecom or MortgageTax (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Terra or Qwen3.6 27B?
GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.45 and $2.70. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, GPT-5.6 Terra costs $0.42 and Qwen3.6 27B $1.30.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5.6 Terra or Qwen3.6 27B?
GPT-5.6 Terra, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3.6 27B comparison based on?
24 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 Qwen3.6 27B's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.