GPT-6.1 Terra vs Qwen3.7 Max
GPT-6.1 Terra leads Qwen3.7 Max on coding, 77.4 to 54.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($5.00 vs $4.425 per million). Updated October 29, 2026; 21 benchmarks have a result for both.
GPT-6.1 Terra or Qwen3.7 Max: which to pick
Pick GPT-6.1 Terra for coding: it scores 77.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 54.1 for Qwen3.7 Max.
Pick Qwen3.7 Max for output tokens 1.1x cheaper ($4.425 vs $5.00 per million) and work measured by Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 21
- GPT-6.1 Terra only
- 15
- Qwen3.7 Max only
- 38
- 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-6.1 Terra
GPT-6.1 Terra scores 77.4 against 54.1.
4 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GPT-6.1 Terra has a AA Intelligence Index result, 51.0.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a AA Agentic Index result, 22.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a GPQA Diamond result, 90.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has a MMLU Pro result, 89.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6.1 Terra
GPT-6.1 Terra leads, 1283 against 1274.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GPT-6.1 Terra has a Vals Index result, 60.5%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6.1 Terra
GPT-6.1 Terra takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-6.1 Terra
GPT-6.1 Terra $0.0035, Qwen3.7 Max $0.0037 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has the number, $4.69.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-6.1 Terra 77.4 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Max 54.1 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 29.9 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- EBR-bench: GPT-6.1 Terra 78.1% against Qwen3.7 Max 9.5%, 68.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6.1 Terra $5.00 against Qwen3.7 Max $4.425 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-6.1 Terra takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.7 Max 1M.
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-6.1 Terra | Bars | Qwen3.7 Max | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 6 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 20 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 94.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1673 | 1515 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 66.0 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 49.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 84.0% | 47.7% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 13.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SciCode | 55.1% | 49.5% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 50.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2608.8 | 1189.4 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1657 | 1513 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1719 | 1512 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 51.0 | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 154.0 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 22.5 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1209 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1191 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1156 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1155 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1187 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1124 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1055 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1149 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LiveBench research | 73.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| LiveBench browser | 93.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 48.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 15.2% | 15.8% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 26.0% | 25.5% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 1.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 94.7% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| APEX-Agents | 68.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 90.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 88.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 92.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 46.2% | 40.5% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.3% | 90.9% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 70.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 74.0% | 32.0% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| EBR-bench | 78.1% | 9.5% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run) | 35.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | 95.6% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 90.9% | 64.6% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 92.7% | 34.1% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 89.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.7% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 57.3% | 55.8% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1283 | 1274 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1277 | 1265 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1348 | 1264 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1276 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1295 | 1274 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1214 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1208 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LiveBench design | 82.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 60.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 82.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 80.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 82.7% | 79.0% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| DTBench | Not measured | 92.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 44.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Furniture assembly | 79.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| MultiChallenge | 74.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | Not measured | 1100 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max | 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
GPT-6.1 Terra costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-6.1 Terra costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-6.1 Terra 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-6.1 Terra | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 26, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.00 | $1.475 |
| Output $/Mtok | $5.00 | $4.425 |
| Coding index | 77.4 | 54.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $4.69 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6.1 Terra better than Qwen3.7 Max for coding?
Pick GPT-6.1 Terra for coding: it scores 77.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 54.1 for Qwen3.7 Max. Pick Qwen3.7 Max for output tokens 1.1x cheaper ($4.425 vs $5.00 per million) and work measured by Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6.1 Terra or Qwen3.7 Max?
GPT-6.1 Terra costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.475 and $4.425. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.7 Max only.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6.1 Terra or Qwen3.7 Max?
GPT-6.1 Terra, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6.1 Terra vs Qwen3.7 Max comparison based on?
21 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 29, 2026. GPT-6.1 Terra's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Max's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.