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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra

Summary

Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (high) benchmark comparison: GPT-5.6 Terra (high) leads on average score with 8.2 vs 7.9. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.550 vs $0.852. Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) is faster at 9.94s vs 10.89s, with pass rates of 79.4% vs 68.3%.

Recommended model: Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.9 vs 8.2), while costing about 1.6x less than GPT-5.6 Terra (high).

Last updated at: 2026-07-09

Metric Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 medium Release: 2026-06-30 GPT-5.6 Terra GPT-5.6 Terra high Release: 2026-07-09
Score 7.9 8.2
Rank #35 #29
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.0 9.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 79.4% 68.3%
Flaky tests 3 1
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 3.662 6.086
Total Cost $0.550 $0.852
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $15.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 67,416 34,218
Output Tokens 34,012 1,908
Reasoning Tokens 7,673 49,189
Response Time (avg) 9.94s 10.89s
Response Time (max) 56.94s 91.49s
Response Time (total) 208.71s 228.65s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#35 Claude Sonnet 5

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
6.4s
Tokens
832 tok

#29 GPT-5.6 Terra

high
Cost
$0.055
Time
30.2s
Tokens
3,748 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.80s 834 1,220 446
GPT-5.6 Terra 8.3 10.0 75.0% 0 2.54s 606 158 700
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 9.0 7.9 88.9% 1 17.28s 10,590 13,153 2,379
GPT-5.6 Terra 7.6 7.2 77.8% 1 9.14s 7,302 370 6,087
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 4.5 2.1 66.7% 1 37.01s 29,394 4,848 2,170
GPT-5.6 Terra 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 6.94s 11,019 314 627
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.16s 10,503 312 0
GPT-5.6 Terra 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 938ms 7,140 222 0
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 20.38s 975 12,140 1,994
GPT-5.6 Terra 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 43.44s 723 70 32,942
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 4.8 3.2 33.3% 1 4.32s 708 264 0
GPT-5.6 Terra 5.1 10.0 0.0% 0 3.03s 477 113 216
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 3.10s 909 318 269
GPT-5.6 Terra 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.14s 660 96 319
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.98s 894 407 121
GPT-5.6 Terra 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 5.45s 642 277 2,613
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 10.70s 12,351 433 90
GPT-5.6 Terra 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.97s 5,454 258 168
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 5 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 7.06s 258 917 204
GPT-5.6 Terra 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 23.30s 195 30 5,517

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