Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs GPT-5.6 Terra

GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-5.6 Terra score almost the same on the Noometry Index (58.9 vs 59.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and GPT-5.6 Terra in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 57.7 to 43.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 74.1% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 48.9% for GPT-5.6 Terra.
  • GPT-5.6 Terra is cheaper at $2 / $12 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-5.6 Terra specifications
GPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index58.959.2
Released2026-03-052026-07-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$30$2
Output $ / M tokens$180$12
Results tracked1652

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
WeirdML57.4%78.3%
DeepSWE—69.6%
FrontierCode—41.3%
CursorBench—41.3%
LMArena WebDev—1522
SciCode—55%
LMArena Coding—1484
ALE-Bench—1,951

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
APEX-Agents—58.2%
BALROG—53.2%
GDP.pdf—24.7%
Vending-Bench 2—7,343

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
ARC-AGI-283.3%83.9%
SimpleBench74.1%48.9%
ARC-AGI-194.5%96.5%
CritPt30%30%
Chess Puzzles58.6%54%
Epoch Capabilities Index158.93159.62
Kagi LLM Benchmark—51.3%
NYT Connections (extended)—78.4%
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1468
Mystery Game Puzzles—35%
DTBench—93.3%
LMCA—55%
Surface Evolver Bench—83.8%

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%86%
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%70.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.7%
ProofBench—74%
LMArena Math—1466
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
GPQA Diamond94.6%93.3%
SimpleQA Verified46.3%43.2%
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—
LMArena Expert—1492

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Vision—1271
Blueprint-Bench 2—30.8%
Furniture Assembly—54.2%
LMArena Document—1472

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 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 Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Instruction Following—1454

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Longer Query—1451

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Text—1447
LMArena Creative Writing—1410
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1855
EQ-Bench 4—1234
LMArena Multi-Turn—1449

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-5.6 Terra score almost the same on the Noometry Index (58.9 vs 59.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5.6 Terra better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 43.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-5.6 Terra share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.6 Terra has 52.

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