# GPT-5.6 Terra vs Llama 13b

> GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-6-terra-vs-llama-13b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 70.2 to 13.8.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 59.2 | 24.4 |
| Rank | 17 | 348 |
| Context | 1.05M | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $12 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19)
- Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | 683 |
| DeepSWE | 69.6% | — |
| FrontierCode | 41.3% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1522 | — |
| SciCode | 55% | — |
| WeirdML | 78.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,951 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 58.2% | — |
| BALROG | 53.2% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 24.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 7,343 | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21)
- Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1468 | 728 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 159.62 | 100.58 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 48.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 51.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 78.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96.5% | — |
| CritPt | 30% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 54% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 35% | — |
| DTBench | 93.3% | — |
| LMCA | 55% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 83.8% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |
| HellaSwag | — | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73% |

## Math

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12)
- Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1466 | 838 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 86% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 70.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 74% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 20.6% |

## Knowledge

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 43.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| MMLU | — | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |

## Multimodal

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1271 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 30.8% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 54.2% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1472 | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |

## Multilingual

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44)
- Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 819 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1513 | — |
| LMArena French | 1471 | — |
| LMArena German | 1460 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1425 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1450 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40)
- Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1454 | 781 |

## Long Context

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68)
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23)
- Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1447 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1410 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1449 | 753 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1855 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1234 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than Llama 13b?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-5.6 Terra or Llama 13b better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Terra and Llama 13b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Terra has 52 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.