GPT-5.6 Terra

GPT-5.6 Terra is a balanced model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, positioned between the flagship Sol tier and the cost-efficient Luna tier. It is suited for everyday coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks where capability and cost need to be balanced, offering strong performance at roughly half the cost of Sol.

openai/gpt-5.6-terra
Organization
OpenAI
Family
gpt-terra
Providers
39
Context
1,050,000
Output limit
128,000
Knowledge
2026-02-16
Release
2026-07-09
Updated
2026-07-09
Weights
Closed
Input
text, image, pdf
Output
text
Capabilities
Tools, Reasoning, Structured

Providers

Compare every cataloged offer for this model, including its provider, route, token limits, price, and capabilities.

61 offers · USD per million tokens
ProviderModel IDContextOutputInput / output · 1MReasoningToolsStructuredDetails
302.AI
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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302.AI
gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Abacus
gpt-5.6-terra
1,000,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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AIHubMix
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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AI-ROUTER
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Amazon Bedrock
global.openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesNo
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Amazon Bedrock
us.openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesNo
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Amazon Bedrock
openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
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Amazon Bedrock
in.openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesNo
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Azure
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Azure Cognitive Services
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Cloudflare AI Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Cortecs
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.199YesYesYes
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CrossModel
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Databricks
databricks-gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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DevPass (LLM Gateway)
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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DigitalOcean
openai-gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Eden AI
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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GitHub Copilot
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
GitLab Duo
duo-chat-gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
View
Impossibl
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
Kenari
gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Kilo Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Kilo Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
LLM Gateway
aws-mantle/gpt-5.6-terra
921,600128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
View
LLM Gateway
azure/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Merge Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
NanoGPT
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
NanoGPT
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Neon
gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Ofox
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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OpenAI
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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OpenCode Zen
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Amazon Bedrockvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
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Azurevia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
View
Azurevia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
Azurevia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
Azurevia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
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Azurevia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
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OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$1.00 / $6.00YesYesYes
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OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
unknown
1,050,000128,000$1.00 / $6.00YesYesYes
View
OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
unknown
1,050,000128,000$4.00 / $24.00YesYesYes
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OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$4.00 / $24.00YesYesYes
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OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Opper
gpt-5.6-terra
1,000,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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OrcaRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Pioneer
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Requesty
gpt-5.6-terra@eu
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
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Requesty
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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routing.run
gpt-5.6-terra
1,000,000128,000$1.50 / $9.00YesYesYes
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SAP AI Core
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
View
Snowflake Cortex
openai-gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / —YesYesYes
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Venice AI
openai-gpt-56-terra-pro
1,000,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Venice AI
openai-gpt-56-terra
1,000,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Vercel AI Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Vercel AI Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-fast
1,050,000128,000$4.00 / $24.00YesYesYes
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Vivgrid
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Xpersona
gpt-5.6-terra
372,000128,000$1.50 / $2.00YesYesYes
View
ZenMux
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000$2.50 / $15.00YesYesYes
View

Prices and limits apply to each offer. A dash means the value is not provided. OpenRouter offers show the hosting provider and routing channel separately.

Pricing

Compare token rates and cache charges across available routes and hosting configurations.

USD per million tokens
Input from$0.00Per 1M input tokens
Output from$0.00Per 1M output tokens
Available offers61Across 39 providers

Lowest listed input and output prices across the offers above; they may belong to different providers. These are base rates, before conditional pricing, discounts or additional fees.

Endpoint price comparisonLatest observed snapshot · 10 lowest-priced configurations
InputOutput
OpenAIopenai/flex
$1.00$6.00
OpenAIopenai/flex
$1.00$6.00
Azureazure
$2.00$12.00
OpenAIopenai
$2.00$12.00
Azureazure
$2.00$12.00
OpenAIopenai
$2.00$12.00
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-1
$2.20$13.20
Azureazure/eu
$2.20$13.20
Azureazure/us
$2.20$13.20
Azureazure/eu
$2.20$13.20
openai/gpt-5.6-terraObserved
Input
$2.00
Output
$12.00
Cache read
$0.20
Cache write
$2.50
Additional fees and pricing conditions
web search
$0.01 / search

overrides · USD per token for token prices; time windows use UTC.

[
  {
    "prompt": "0.000004",
    "completion": "0.000018",
    "input_cache_read": "0.0000004",
    "input_cache_write": "0.000005",
    "min_prompt_tokens": 272000
  }
]
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-proObserved
Input
$2.00
Output
$12.00
Cache read
$0.20
Cache write
$2.50
Additional fees and pricing conditions
web search
$0.01 / search

overrides · USD per token for token prices; time windows use UTC.

[
  {
    "prompt": "0.000004",
    "completion": "0.000018",
    "input_cache_read": "0.0000004",
    "input_cache_write": "0.000005",
    "min_prompt_tokens": 272000
  }
]
Hosting prices through OpenRouter All endpoints and cache rates
EndpointInput / 1MOutput / 1MCache read / 1MCache write / 1M
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-1$2.20$13.20$0.22$2.75
Azureazure/eu$2.20$13.20$0.22$2.75
Azureazure$2.00$12.00$0.20$2.50
Azureazure/us$2.20$13.20$0.22$2.75
OpenAIopenai$2.00$12.00$0.20$2.50
OpenAIopenai/flex$1.00$6.00$0.10$1.25
OpenAIopenai/fast$4.00$24.00$0.40$5.00
Azureazure$2.00$12.00$0.20$2.50
Azureazure/eu$2.20$13.20$0.22$2.75
OpenAIopenai/flex$1.00$6.00$0.10$1.25
OpenAIopenai/fast$4.00$24.00$0.40$5.00
OpenAIopenai$2.00$12.00$0.20$2.50

Each row is a hosting configuration. Open an offer in Providers for its full pricing conditions and additional fees. Endpoint observations may differ from the routing catalog's base price.

Performance

Review reported latency and output-throughput percentiles from the latest observed rolling window.

Latest 30-minute observation

Time to first token · milliseconds

Latency distributionRolling 30-minute snapshot · 6 endpoints
P50P75P90P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-1
3,088–27,212.36 ms
Azureazure
2,194.5–14,905.51 ms
OpenAIopenai
2,238–32,317.97 ms
OpenAIopenai/flex
1,834–17,006.9 ms
OpenAIopenai/fast
943–2,230.76 ms
Azureazure
3,101–9,394.28 ms
All latency percentiles 8 endpoints
EndpointP50P75P90P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-13,088 ms7,019 ms15,745.6 ms27,212.36 ms
Azureazure2,194.5 ms3,766.75 ms6,506 ms14,905.51 ms
OpenAIopenai2,238 ms4,038.25 ms8,540.9 ms32,317.97 ms
OpenAIopenai/flex1,834 ms3,445 ms8,016 ms17,006.9 ms
OpenAIopenai/fast943 ms1,246 ms1,612.6 ms2,230.76 ms
Azureazure3,101 ms3,934 ms7,514.6 ms9,394.28 ms
OpenAIopenai/fast2,004 ms2,028 ms2,042.4 ms2,051.04 ms
OpenAIopenai6,203 ms11,838.75 ms16,755.7 ms33,544.71 ms

Output throughput · tokens per second

Throughput distributionRolling 30-minute snapshot · 6 endpoints
P50P75P90P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-1
44–131 t/s
Azureazure
77–132.44 t/s
OpenAIopenai
79–163.09 t/s
OpenAIopenai/flex
82–190.8 t/s
OpenAIopenai/fast
64–116.2 t/s
Azureazure
49–121.92 t/s
All throughput percentiles 8 endpoints
EndpointP50P75P90P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-144 t/s85 t/s109 t/s131 t/s
Azureazure77 t/s95 t/s105 t/s132.44 t/s
OpenAIopenai79 t/s102 t/s121 t/s163.09 t/s
OpenAIopenai/flex82 t/s131 t/s149 t/s190.8 t/s
OpenAIopenai/fast64 t/s93 t/s100 t/s116.2 t/s
Azureazure49 t/s82 t/s107.7 t/s121.92 t/s
OpenAIopenai/fast43.5 t/s50.75 t/s55.1 t/s57.71 t/s
OpenAIopenai142 t/s171 t/s192 t/s273.29 t/s

Percentiles describe the observed request distribution. These are snapshots of a rolling window, not a historical time series.

Uptime

Compare successful request rates across the latest 5-minute, 30-minute, and 24-hour observations.

Successful requests by window
Availability by endpointCurrent overlapping windows · 12 endpoints
Endpoint5 minutes30 minutes24 hours
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-1
Azureazure/eu
Azureazure
Azureazure/us
OpenAIopenai
OpenAIopenai/flex
OpenAIopenai/fast
Azureazure
Azureazure/eu
OpenAIopenai/flex
OpenAIopenai/fast
OpenAIopenai

Reported by OpenRouter at the time of collection; rate-limited requests are excluded. A dash means no measurement was reported. This is not a live availability check.

Benchmarks

Review attributed evaluation results on each source's original scale.

External evaluations
openai/gpt-5.6-terraObserved
Benchmark profileArtificial Analysis · shared source scale from 0 to 80
Coding76.7
Agentic43.2
Intelligence42.1

Sources: Artificial Analysis and Design Arena, via OpenRouter. Scores retain their original scales and are not OpenAI Suite ratings.

Detailed evaluations

Evaluation scoresAccuracy or item F1 · higher is better
gpqa diamondOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra
88.777%
tau bench verified airlineOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra
73.111%
EvaluationConfigurationSourceResultsDetails
Composite indicesGPT-5.6 Terra (max)openai/gpt-5.6-terra-20260709Artificial AnalysisIntelligence 42.1 · Coding 76.7 · Agentic 43.2
Details
gpqa diamondOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terraopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-20260709OpenRouter88.777%
Details
tau bench verified airlineOpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terraopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-20260709OpenRouter73.111%
Details

Sources: Artificial Analysis, Design Arena and OpenRouter. Evaluation configurations and scales differ; results are not interchangeable. Updated Oct 4, 2026.

Apps & session costs

Compare observed median session costs for applications using this model, grouped by conversation length.

30-day sample · through Sep 27, 2026
ApplicationModel routeTurnsMedian cost / sessionDetails
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607092–9 turns
$0.121211
Details
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070950+ turns
$2.727157
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070950+ turns
$3.222297
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607092–9 turns
$0.099739
Details
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607091 turn
$0.023128
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607091 turn
$0.030908
Details
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070910–49 turns
$0.48233
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070910–49 turns
$0.497714
Details
Claude Codeopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607092–9 turns
$0.122459
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro-202607092–9 turns
$0.26904
Details

Source: OpenRouter, as of Oct 2, 2026. Published under CC BY 4.0. These are observed costs per session, not token prices or a forecast for your workload. Apps are compared separately.

Activity

Daily prompt and completion tokens reported for this model's routes in OpenRouter's top 50. Missing days have no published value.

Last 90 complete UTC days
Daily token usage6,196,511,913,984 reported tokens · 78 days with observations
Jul 6, 2026Oct 3, 2026
Daily observations · 78 days
Date (UTC)Reported tokensReported routes
Oct 2, 202666,379,995,1561
Sep 29, 202661,897,977,2751
Sep 28, 202676,392,914,9161
Sep 27, 202649,920,459,9321
Sep 25, 202668,826,662,8701
Sep 24, 202676,705,627,6411
Sep 23, 202688,911,451,0261
Sep 22, 202698,578,333,9831
Sep 21, 2026112,373,021,1861
Sep 20, 202666,833,926,4831
Sep 19, 202653,761,894,3211
Sep 18, 202687,438,376,2461
Sep 17, 202688,919,211,6881
Sep 16, 202693,912,488,8881
Sep 15, 202693,676,488,0191
Sep 14, 202691,137,727,8621
Sep 13, 202649,833,731,7321
Sep 12, 202651,558,078,3131
Sep 11, 202678,139,949,7491
Sep 10, 202681,774,891,9011
Sep 9, 202686,036,446,5521
Sep 8, 202692,200,814,2621
Sep 7, 202675,646,476,5651
Sep 6, 202645,525,594,0061
Sep 5, 202649,278,152,0561
Sep 4, 202694,129,759,6241
Sep 3, 2026101,695,428,1951
Sep 2, 202695,657,664,2681
Sep 1, 202692,527,304,6111
Aug 31, 202688,821,113,6661
Aug 30, 202648,436,768,6741
Aug 29, 202658,750,121,0911
Aug 28, 202687,447,955,0211
Aug 27, 202696,595,829,6171
Aug 26, 202690,774,096,4371
Aug 25, 2026100,406,008,8041
Aug 24, 202698,788,250,7041
Aug 23, 202682,077,575,1831
Aug 22, 202653,682,015,5361
Aug 21, 202690,790,676,3681
Aug 20, 2026103,423,078,0061
Aug 19, 2026117,471,092,8061
Aug 18, 2026134,312,303,6611
Aug 17, 2026141,837,694,6851
Aug 16, 2026106,516,346,6481
Aug 15, 2026110,627,182,6271
Aug 14, 2026144,101,627,0941
Aug 13, 2026157,073,416,0861
Aug 12, 2026148,492,912,1561
Aug 11, 2026139,044,592,3311
Aug 10, 2026124,944,002,3601
Aug 9, 202687,334,051,8051
Aug 8, 202692,642,107,5211
Aug 7, 2026125,927,953,2721
Aug 6, 2026134,384,651,4891
Aug 5, 2026137,191,086,5891
Aug 4, 2026116,891,299,2751
Aug 3, 2026107,570,059,8111
Aug 2, 202675,365,724,9681
Aug 1, 202678,593,005,2221
Jul 31, 2026107,900,056,7631
Jul 30, 2026101,576,894,9851
Jul 29, 202668,213,343,9321
Jul 28, 202632,187,518,1471
Jul 27, 202627,374,920,0411
Jul 26, 202621,473,501,7891
Jul 25, 202622,111,562,7001
Jul 24, 202636,330,164,4851
Jul 23, 202626,511,773,0931
Jul 22, 202628,564,754,4601
Jul 21, 202623,153,762,3021
Jul 20, 202623,674,519,5111
Jul 19, 202617,128,362,8251
Jul 18, 202615,751,674,4511
Jul 17, 202623,056,324,0081
Jul 16, 202632,539,533,1421
Jul 15, 202619,507,405,0671
Jul 13, 202619,470,393,4441

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of Oct 4, 2026. CC BY 4.0. Totals include only individually published routes. Tokenizers differ by provider; the aggregated “other” category is never assigned to a model.

Technical details & API

Explore specifications, supported parameters, reasoning controls, and API identifiers for each OpenRouter route.

Current route specifications
openai/gpt-5.6-terraObserved
Context
1,050,000
Maximum output
128,000
Tokenizer
GPT
Input
file, image, text
Output
text
Moderation
Yes
Knowledge cutoff
2026-02-16
Added to OpenRouter
2026-07-09
Base URLhttps://openrouter.ai/api/v1
Model IDopenai/gpt-5.6-terra
Version IDopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-20260709

Reasoning

Required
No
Enabled by default
Yes
Default effort
medium
Supported efforts
max, xhigh, high, medium, low, none

Supported parameters

  • include_reasoning
  • max_completion_tokens
  • max_tokens
  • reasoning
  • reasoning_effort
  • response_format
  • seed
  • structured_outputs
  • tool_choice
  • tools
  • verbosity
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-proObserved
Context
1,050,000
Maximum output
128,000
Tokenizer
GPT
Input
file, image, text
Output
text
Moderation
Yes
Knowledge cutoff
2026-02-16
Added to OpenRouter
2026-07-09
Base URLhttps://openrouter.ai/api/v1
Model IDopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
Version IDopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro-20260709

Reasoning

Required
No
Enabled by default
Yes
Default effort
medium
Supported efforts
max, xhigh, high, medium, low, none

Supported parameters

  • include_reasoning
  • max_completion_tokens
  • max_tokens
  • reasoning
  • reasoning_effort
  • response_format
  • seed
  • structured_outputs
  • tool_choice
  • tools
  • verbosity

Frequently asked questions

Answers based on the model metadata and serving offers currently in the catalog.

How much does GPT-5.6 Terra cost?

Listed rates start at $0.00 per million input tokens and $0.00 per million output tokens. Prices vary by provider and configuration; see Pricing for details.

Which providers offer GPT-5.6 Terra?

There are 61 cataloged offers across 39 providers. Compare model IDs, prices and limits in Providers.

What is the context window?

The cataloged model context is 1,050,000 tokens. Each serving endpoint may apply a different limit.

Does it support tools and structured output?

Tool calling: Yes. Structured output: Yes. Support can vary by endpoint.

Catalog history · 2 recorded revisions

Metadata observations since this model was first cataloged. These are not model release versions.

  • · 69c1e1e41b2d
  • · 895559e989d3