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

Summary

Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (low) benchmark comparison: Claude Sonnet 5 (medium) leads on average score with 7.9 vs 7.7. GPT-5.6 Terra (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.343 vs $0.550. GPT-5.6 Terra (low) is faster at 4.88s vs 9.94s, with pass rates of 79.4% vs 74.6%.

Recommended model: GPT-5.6 Terra (low) - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.7 vs 7.9), while costing about 1.6x less than Claude Sonnet 5 (medium).

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 low Release: 2026-07-09
Score 7.9 7.7
Rank #35 #47
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.0 8.1
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 79.4% 74.6%
Flaky tests 3 5
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 3.662 2.637
Total Cost $0.550 $0.343
Input Price $2.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Output Price $10.000 / 1M $15.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 67,416 34,226
Output Tokens 34,012 1,943
Reasoning Tokens 7,673 15,201
Response Time (avg) 9.94s 4.88s
Response Time (max) 56.94s 19.85s
Response Time (total) 208.71s 102.53s

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

#47 GPT-5.6 Terra

low
Cost
$0.034
Time
16.8s
Tokens
2,348 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 2.36s 606 171 602
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 6.6 4.6 77.8% 2 9.56s 7,302 429 6,821
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 5.07s 11,019 312 349
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 919ms 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 7.2 44.4% 1 8.34s 723 72 4,086
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 4.8 3.2 33.3% 1 3.52s 477 105 249
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 1.48s 660 87 134
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 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.46s 642 259 1,506
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 4.7 1.6 66.7% 1 6.69s 5,462 257 226
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 5.95s 195 29 1,228

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