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GPT-5.6 Terra

OpenAI · verified July 26, 2026

public paid api in Generator reasoning value
ProviderOpenAI
Statuspublic
AA Intelligence Index55 (July 16, 2026 snapshot)
Released2026-07-09
Context windown/a
Modalitiesn/a
API price $/1M (in / out)$2.5 / $15
Speedn/a
AccessReleased July 9, 2026 · API $2.50/$15 per 1M tokens

In one line

The balanced tier of the GPT-5.6 family - GPT-5.5-level quality at half the price. On track to become the everyday ChatGPT default.

Coding86
Reasoning88
Writing80
Agents & tools86

Category scores (0-100) are WhichAI blended ratings: public category leaderboards plus editorial judgment. Guidance, not official measurements.

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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 2026 rebased scale (top models ≈ 55–60). Snapshot: July 24, 2026 (BenchLM mirror), retrieved July 26, 2026. Context, price and release data come from vendor pages and public pricing mirrors (retrieved July 19, 2026). Missing values are not published or not yet verified - shown as -. Sources are linked inside the app (Model guide and About > Methodology).