The balanced tier of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, trading a small amount of peak quality for markedly lower latency and cost. Retains strong reasoning, coding, and agentic tool use with configurable reasoning effort, making it a default choice for production workloads that need frontier capability at scale.
Sorted by total cost (input + output per 1M tokens). Select a row to view provider details.
| Provider | Pricing (per 1M) | Rate limits | Regions | Health | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In: $2.00Out: $12.00 | 800 RPM / 800K TPM | us-east-1eu-west-1 | Healthy | 0ms |
Use this model via OpenAI with an OpenAI-compatible SDK.
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "gpt-5.6-terra",
messages: [
{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }
],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);Using OpenAI API · OpenAI-compatible SDK
Every price recorded for this model, per provider. Prices are per 1M tokens in USD.
1 price change recorded
| Date | Provider | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026Price changed · Current | OpenAI | $2.00was $2.50 | $12.00was $15.00 |
| Jul 9, 2026Listed | OpenAI | $2.50 | $15.00 |
Published scores with their sources. Vendor-reported results use the vendor's own evaluation settings and are not directly comparable across vendors.
| Benchmark | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexGeneral · max effort, as listed on 2026-10-01 | 42 | Artificial AnalysisIndependent |