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OPENAI / gpt-5.6-terra

GPT‑5.6 Terra

Tasks requiring a balance of quality, speed, and cost.

01 / SUMMARY

The essential

ORIENTATIONCost/capability balance

Primary use stated or inferred cautiously from official documentation.

CONTEXT1,050,000 tokens

Maximum input capacity when published by the source.

EXIT128,000 tokens

Documented maximum generation limit.

ACCESSOpenAI API · Responses and Chat Completions

Verified availability channels.

MODEL TYPEText and reasoning

Primary functional family and verified specialties.

LICENSEProprietary

Declared terms for API access, model weights, or self-hosting.

02 / TECHNICAL SHEET

Limits and integration

API IDgpt-5.6-terra
Model typeText and reasoning
Access modelPaid proprietary
LicenseProprietary
DeploymentHosted API
ReleaseJUL 2026
Knowledge cutoff16 FEB 2026
EntranceText · Image
ExitText
Context window1,050,000 tokens
maximum output128,000 tokens
Reasoningnone, low, medium, high, xhigh, and max effort
Published toolsFeatures · Web search · File search · Computer use
Structured OutingsSupported
Batch processingCompatible · 50% discount
Prompt cacheCompatible · 90% discount on reads
Fine-tuningNot published
Verified platformsOpenAI API
BEST SUITED FOR

Tasks requiring a balance of quality, speed, and cost.

WORTH MONITORING

Cost and performance depend on the reasoning level.

03 / CAPABILITIES

What it can do

01

Orientation

Tasks requiring a balance of quality, speed, and cost.

02

Context

1.050.000 tokens · 128.000 tokens

03

Tools and integration

Features · Web search · File search · Computer use

04

Access

OpenAI API · Responses and Chat Completions

Input modalities
TextImage
04 / PRICES

Documented cost

ConceptWorthUnit/condition
Standard input2,00 USD / 1 M tokensStandard API rate
Cached input0,20 USD / 1 M tokensReading reused prefixes
Cache write or storage2.50 USD / 1 M tokensThe condition varies by provider
Standard output12,00 USD / 1 M tokensMay include reasoning tokens
Batch input1.00 USD / 1 M tokensAsynchronous processing
Batch output6,00 USD / 1 M tokensAsynchronous processing

Consult the primary source before budgeting for a deployment.

i Prices change and may depend on level, region or context length. Check the source before making a decision.

05 / EVALUATIONS

How to read the results

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A public benchmark provides guidance, but does not replace an evaluation with your data, tools, budget, and error tolerance.

BenchmarkResultMetricSource
Agents' Last Exam50,4 %AccuracyView source ↗
SWE-Bench Pro63,4 %ResolvedView source ↗
Terminal-Bench 2.187,4 %AccuracyView source ↗

Inferama only highlights a “best result” when the metric, test set, configuration, and date allow for an equivalent comparison. The supplier's figures are presented as claims from its own source.

06 / VERSIONS

Chronology

GPT‑5.6 Terra

Version added to Inferama's verified catalog.

ANALYSIS

Related analysis

07 / SOURCES

Traceability