Model comparison
GPT-5.6 Terra vs o1-mini
GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 60.7 to 8.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 83.9% for GPT-5.6 Terra and 0.8% for o1-mini.
Side by side
| GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 59.2 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2026-07-09 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12 | — |
| Results tracked | 52 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 78.3% | 36.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | 1362 |
| DeepSWE | 69.6% | — |
| FrontierCode | 41.3% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| CursorBench | 41.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1522 | — |
| SciCode | 55% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| ALE-Bench | 1,951 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 58.2% | — |
| Cybench | — | 10% |
| BALROG | 53.2% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 24.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 7,343 | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | 48.9% | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96.5% | 14% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1468 | 1333 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 159.62 | 135.82 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 51.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 78.4% | — |
| CritPt | 30% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 54% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 35% | — |
| DTBench | 93.3% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| LMCA | 55% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 83.8% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.7% | 46.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1466 | 1358 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 86% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 70.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 74% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.3% | 62.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1316 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 43.2% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11), o1-mini: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1271 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 30.8% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 54.2% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1472 | — |
Multilingual GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1513 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1471 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1460 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1457 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1425 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1450 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1303 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1454 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads
GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1447 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1410 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1449 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1855 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1234 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than o1-mini?
GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-5.6 Terra or o1-mini better for coding?
GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Terra and o1-mini share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Terra has 52 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.