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GPT-5.2 ProvsGPT-5.6 Terra
GPT-5.6 Terra leads 2 of 3 shared benchmarks. GPT-5.6 Terra is 13.5x cheaper per token. GPT-5.6 Terra has the larger context window (1.1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
1 – 2
GPT-5.6 Terra leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-5.6 Terra
13.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.6 Terra
1.1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
95.3216%
OpenAI
GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI · released 2025-12-11
textvision
GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI · released 2026-07-09
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 7 only GPT-5.2 Pro · 4 only GPT-5.6 Terra| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | GPT-5.6 Terra | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 93.2% ↗ | 92.9% ↗ | +0.3 pt | GPT-5.2 Pro |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 46% ↗epoch | 70.7% ↗epoch | -24.7 pt | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 74% ↗epoch | 86% ↗epoch | -12 pt | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Only GPT-5.2 Pro reports · 7 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | 100% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 36.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 (Verified) | 90.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 (Verified) | 54.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| BrowseComp | 77.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval (wins or ties) | 74.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | 50% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5.6 Terra reports · 4 | ||||
| DeepSWE v1.1 | not reported | 69.6% ↗ | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 99.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 43.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 63.4% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-5.2 Pro minus GPT-5.6 Terra in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-5.2 Pro | GPT-5.6 Terra | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 400K tokens | 1.1M tokens | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens | Tie |
| Input price / 1M | $21 ↗ | $2 ↗ | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Output price / 1M | $168 ↗ | $12 ↗ | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.2 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $189 | $14 | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-12-11 | 2026-07-09 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 10 | 8 | — |
Reliability
OpenAI status
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