Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs GPT-5.6 Terra

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.6 Terra in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 81.6 to 39.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 93.3% for GPT-5.6 Terra.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and GPT-5.6 Terra specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index39.159.2
Released2025-02-052026-07-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$12
Results tracked1452

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
DeepSWE—69.6%
FrontierCode—41.3%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
CursorBench—41.3%
LMArena WebDev—1522
SciCode—55%
WeirdML—78.3%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1484
ALE-Bench—1,951

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
APEX-Agents—58.2%
BALROG—53.2%
GDP.pdf—24.7%
Vending-Bench 2—7,343

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06159.62
ARC-AGI-2—83.9%
SimpleBench—48.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—51.3%
NYT Connections (extended)—78.4%
ARC-AGI-1—96.5%
CritPt—30%
Chess Puzzles—54%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1468
Mystery Game Puzzles—35%
DTBench—93.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—55%
Surface Evolver Bench—83.8%
LiveBench65.1%—

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—86%
FrontierMath Tier 4—70.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.7%
ProofBench—74%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1466
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
GPQA Diamond65.7%93.3%
SimpleQA Verified—43.2%
Confabulations18.4%—
LMArena Expert—1492

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Vision—1271
Blueprint-Bench 2—30.8%
Furniture Assembly—54.2%
LMArena Document—1472

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Non-English—1439
LMArena Chinese—1513
LMArena French—1471
LMArena German—1460
LMArena Japanese—1457
LMArena Korean—1425
LMArena Russian—1450
LMArena Spanish—1448

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1454

Long Context GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1451

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Text—1447
LMArena Creative Writing—1410
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1855
EQ-Bench 4—1234
LMArena Multi-Turn—1449
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or GPT-5.6 Terra better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and GPT-5.6 Terra share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.6 Terra has 52.

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