GPT-6.1 Terravs.GPT-6 Astra
Is the higher price worth it?
If you need top performance, yes: GPT-6 Astra is clearly ahead in the overall index and costs 10 times as much per token.
67
GPT-6.1 Terra
Rank 12 to 27
92
GPT-6 Astra
Rank 4 to 8
91
GPT-6.1 Terra
fairly slow
66
GPT-6 Astra
fairly slow
$2
GPT-6.1 Terra
fairly expensive
$20
GPT-6 Astra
expensive
GPT-6.1 Terra
- Subscription
Subscriptions in Germany: n/a
- Via API
$1 input, $5 output per 1M tokens.
GPT-6 Astra
- Subscription
At OpenAI from €23 a month (ChatGPT Plus). Through other providers from ≈ €6.36 a month (ElevenLabs Starter, with limited credits). 55 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$10 input, $50 output per 1M tokens, unchanged since Sep 4, 2026.
Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT
Where is the difference?
Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.
GPT-6.1 Terra ahead: 0GPT-6 Astra ahead: 6level: 1too little data: 3of 10 areas
AreaGPT-6.1 TerraGPT-6 Astra0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Areas in the overall index
CodingGPT-6 Astra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 84GPT-6 Astra: 95
ReasoningGPT-6 Astra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 88GPT-6 Astra: 97
Mathematicsonly GPT-6 Astra has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataGPT-6 Astra: 96
KnowledgeGPT-6 Astra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 80GPT-6 Astra: 96
AgentsGPT-6 Astra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 57GPT-6 Astra: 77
Generalonly GPT-6 Astra has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataGPT-6 Astra: 96
MultimodalGPT-6 Astra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 70GPT-6 Astra: 88
Specialist fields
FinancelevelGPT-6.1 Terra: 45GPT-6 Astra: 66
LegalGPT-6 Astra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 8GPT-6 Astra: 71
Healthonly GPT-6 Astra has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataGPT-6 Astra: 80
Show 2 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
AreaGPT-6.1 TerraGPT-6 Astra0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Cybersecurityonly GPT-6 Astra has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataGPT-6 Astra: 57
Searchonly GPT-6 Astra has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataGPT-6 Astra: 94
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.
Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.
GPT-6.1 Terra
Not tested yet
GPT-6 Astra
Reasoning (requested): high
Current attempt
- Run date
- Sep 7, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- openai/gpt-6-astra
- API model reported in response
- openai/gpt-6-astra
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Pinned endpoint
- OpenAI | openai/gpt-6-astra-20260903
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Passed, not a quality rating
- Response time
- 141.7 s
Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.
Prompt and test conditions
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Task origin (Simon Willison)SVG short test
There is no shared test round for this selection. Results from different rounds are not mixed.
All data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | GPT-6.1 Terra | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall index0 to 100, higher is better | 67 | 92 |
| Rank | Rank 12 to 27 of 95 | Rank 4 to 8 of 95 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $1above 272,000 tokens: $2 | $10above 272,000 tokens: $20 |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $5above 272,000 tokens: $7.50 | $50above 272,000 tokens: $75 |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 91 | 66 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1.05 M tokens≈ 1,580 A4 pages | 1.05 M tokens≈ 1,580 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jun 1, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Released | Oct 26, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Limited access |
| Open weights | no | no |
- GPT-6.1 Terra, 12-hour cache write: The table's cache-write rate covers 30-minute retention. With 12-hour retention it is $2.50 per 1M tokens through 272,000 input tokens, $5 above. Source
- GPT-6.1 Terra, Long-context billing: Above 272,000 input tokens, the higher rates apply to the entire request. Input and cache rates double, while output costs 1.5 times the standard rate. Source
- GPT-6.1 Terra, Batch and Flex pricing: 50% off standard pricing Source
- GPT-6.1 Terra, Fast pricing: Fast mode costs twice the standard price Source
- GPT-6.1 Terra, Regional processing: 10% surcharge over standard processing Source
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Shared benchmarks
Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.
A: GPT-6.1 TerraB: GPT-6 Astra
AA-BriefcaseOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 1,401.68 eloGPT-6 Astra: 1,568.14 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-OmniscienceOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 29.567 pointsGPT-6 Astra: 42.433 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience AccuracyOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 47.6%GPT-6 Astra: 61.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateOverall · lower is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 34.5%GPT-6 Astra: 49.8%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 50.977 pointsGPT-6 Astra: 56.854 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AutomationBench-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 60.2%GPT-6 Astra: 68.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 28.0%GPT-6 Astra: 31.7%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2 (Hard Subset)Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 64.5%GPT-6 Astra: 70.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 56%GPT-6 Astra: 60.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
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FrontierCodeOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 42.3%GPT-6 Astra: 42.4%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
FrontierCode 1.1 MainOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 36.0%GPT-6 Astra: 47.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDP.pdfOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 28.6%GPT-6 Astra: 31.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 1,476.05 eloGPT-6 Astra: 1,584.4 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Overall · Task fully resolved · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 1.7%GPT-6 Astra: 7.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLE-DiamondOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 47.3%GPT-6 Astra: 63.8%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 26%GPT-6 Astra: 39.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
MMMU-ProOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 84.7%GPT-6 Astra: 86.9%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 15.2%GPT-6 Astra: 20.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-BenchOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 55.6%GPT-6 Astra: 59.1%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 49.5%GPT-6 Astra: 59.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 57.6%GPT-6 Astra: 63.3%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Vals Finance IndexOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 52.9%GPT-6 Astra: 55.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 58.6%GPT-6 Astra: 68.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 84%GPT-6 Astra: 89.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
AA-BriefcaseOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 1,190.59 eloGPT-6 Astra: 1,460.39 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-OmniscienceOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 26.6 pointsGPT-6 Astra: 41.4 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience AccuracyOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 47.4%GPT-6 Astra: 59.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateOverall · lower is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 39.6%GPT-6 Astra: 45.2%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 38.115 pointsGPT-6 Astra: 51.455 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AutomationBench-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 57.8%GPT-6 Astra: 64.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 21.4%GPT-6 Astra: 29.1%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2 (Hard Subset)Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 56.0%GPT-6 Astra: 71.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Adjustments · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 50.6%GPT-6 Astra: 58.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
FrontierCodeOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 34.5%GPT-6 Astra: 36.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDP.pdfOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 28.4%GPT-6 Astra: 30.4%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 1,325.12 eloGPT-6 Astra: 1,498.04 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Antitrust Competition · Criteria passed · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 83%GPT-6 Astra: 91.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLE-DiamondOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 31.3%GPT-6 Astra: 52.7%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 45.5%GPT-6 Astra: 53%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
MMMU-ProOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 82.8%GPT-6 Astra: 85.1%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 5.9%GPT-6 Astra: 13.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-BenchOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 32.3%GPT-6 Astra: 49.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Hardware · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 26.7%GPT-6 Astra: 60%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 24.8%GPT-6 Astra: 53.3%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Vals Finance IndexEMB v1.1 · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 73.3%GPT-6 Astra: 72.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals IndexCode Migration v1.1 · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 72.2%GPT-6 Astra: 78%Vals AIAs of 10/27/2026
Vals Legal IndexBusiness & Commercial · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 51.6%GPT-6 Astra: 62%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
AA-BriefcaseOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 1,029.93 eloGPT-6 Astra: 1,255 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-OmniscienceOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 22.933 pointsGPT-6 Astra: 40.3 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience AccuracyOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 45.6%GPT-6 Astra: 58.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateOverall · lower is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 41.6%GPT-6 Astra: 44.2%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 29.217 pointsGPT-6 Astra: 43.035 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
AutomationBench-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 56.2%GPT-6 Astra: 59.1%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 15.1%GPT-6 Astra: 26.3%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
CritPt v2 (Hard Subset)Overall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 48.5%GPT-6 Astra: 60.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
Finance Agent v2.1All-Pass · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 42.6%GPT-6 Astra: 47.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
FrontierCodeOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 24.5%GPT-6 Astra: 26.2%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDP.pdfOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 25.6%GPT-6 Astra: 30.4%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 1,204.16 eloGPT-6 Astra: 1,403.02 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Antitrust Competition · Task fully resolved · higher is betterGPT-6.1 Terra: 0%GPT-6 Astra: 10%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
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