GPT-3.5 Turbo 0125 vs GPT-5.6 Terra

Wins 0 of 4 benchmarks
$0.18 / task
Wins 0 of 4 benchmarks
GPT-3.5 Turbo 0125—
GPT-5.6 Terra33.3
GPT-3.5 Turbo 0125—
GPT-5.6 Terra1
GPT-3.5 Turbo 0125—
GPT-5.6 Terra33.5
GPT-3.5 Turbo 0125—
GPT-5.6 Terra76.8

Specs

SpecGPT-3.5 Turbo 0125GPT-5.6 Terra
Input, per 1M!$0.50$2
Output, per 1M!$1.50$12
Cost per task?—$0.18
Speed, tok/s—113
Context16K1.05M
WeightsNot verifiedClosed
Released—Jul 2026
See images—✓
Read PDFs—Partial
Hear audio——
Watch video——
Call tools—✓
Force a tool call?Partial
Return strict JSON?✓
Search the web?✓
Run code?✓
Use a computer?✓

What breaks when you switch

GPT-3.5 Turbo 0125 → GPT-5.6 Terra
Prompts with >272K input tokens›

Above 272K input tokens, input costs 2× and output 1.5× for the full request.

GPT-5.6 Terra → GPT-3.5 Turbo 0125
Context: 1.05M → 16K
No image input