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
45
Context
1,050,000
Output limit
128,000
Knowledge
2026-02-16
Release
2026-07-09
Updated
—
Weights
Closed
Input
text, image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, image/webp, application/pdf
Output
text
Capabilities
—

Providers

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

69 offers · USD per million tokens
ProviderModel IDContextOutputInput / output · 1MReasoningToolsStructuredDetails
302.AI
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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302.AI
gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Abacus
gpt-5.6-terra
1,000,000128,000— / ————
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AIHubMix
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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AI/ML API
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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AI/ML API
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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AI-ROUTER
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Aixy
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Amazon Bedrock
global.openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Amazon Bedrock
us.openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Amazon Bedrock
openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Amazon Bedrock
in.openai.gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Azure
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Cloudflare AI Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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CommandCode
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
Cortecs
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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CrossModel
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Databricks
databricks-gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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DevPass (LLM Gateway)
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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DigitalOcean
openai-gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Eden AI
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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GitHub Copilot
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
GitLab Duo
duo-chat-gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
Impossibl
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
Kenari
gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
Kilo Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
Kilo Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
LLM Gateway
aws-mantle/gpt-5.6-terra
921,600128,000— / ————
View
LLM Gateway
azure/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
LLM Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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LowRouter
auto/openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Merge Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
NanoGPT
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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NanoGPT
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
Neon
gpt-5-6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
Ofox
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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OpenAI
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
View
OpenCode
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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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
View
Azurevia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.20 / $13.20YesYesYes
View
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
View
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
View
OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
unknown
1,050,000128,000$4.00 / $24.00YesYesYes
View
OpenAIvia OpenRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
unknown
1,050,000128,000$2.00 / $12.00YesYesYes
View
Opper
gpt-5.6-terra
1,000,000128,000— / ————
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OrcaRouter
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Perplexity Agent
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Pioneer
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Prime Inference
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Prime Inference
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Requesty
gpt-5.6-terra@eu
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Requesty
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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routing.run
gpt-5.6-terra
1,000,000128,000— / ————
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SAP AI Core
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Snowflake Cortex
openai-gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Standard Compute
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,00050,000— / ————
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Venice AI
openai-gpt-56-terra-pro
1,000,000128,000— / ————
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Venice AI
openai-gpt-56-terra
1,000,000128,000— / ————
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Vercel AI Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Vercel AI Gateway
openai/gpt-5.6-terra-fast
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Vivgrid
gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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Xpersona
gpt-5.6-terra
372,000128,000— / ————
View
ZenMux
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
1,050,000128,000— / ————
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$1.00Per 1M input tokens
Output from$6.00Per 1M output tokens
Available offers69Across 45 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
2,181.5–16,264.1 ms
Azureazure/eu
3,357–5,818.32 ms
Azureazure
2,114–34,337.93 ms
OpenAIopenai
1,668.5–18,556.27 ms
OpenAIopenai/flex
1,599.5–14,958.75 ms
OpenAIopenai/fast
1,372–3,215.88 ms
All latency percentiles 9 endpoints
EndpointP50P75P90P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-12,181.5 ms3,175 ms4,699 ms16,264.1 ms
Azureazure/eu3,357 ms4,672 ms5,209.2 ms5,818.32 ms
Azureazure2,114 ms4,797.25 ms8,580.9 ms34,337.93 ms
OpenAIopenai1,668.5 ms2,909.25 ms5,386.3 ms18,556.27 ms
OpenAIopenai/flex1,599.5 ms2,760.75 ms5,401.8 ms14,958.75 ms
OpenAIopenai/fast1,372 ms1,691 ms2,236.4 ms3,215.88 ms
Azureazure2,612 ms3,092 ms4,065.8 ms4,266.68 ms
OpenAIopenai/fast1,866.5 ms1,930.25 ms1,968.5 ms1,991.45 ms
OpenAIopenai7,153.5 ms13,634 ms29,647.1 ms65,403.78 ms

Output throughput · tokens per second

Throughput distributionRolling 30-minute snapshot · 6 endpoints
P50P75P90P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-1
103–153.08 t/s
Azureazure/eu
157–171.37 t/s
Azureazure
72–144.53 t/s
OpenAIopenai
72–162 t/s
OpenAIopenai/flex
71–190.36 t/s
OpenAIopenai/fast
63–152 t/s
All throughput percentiles 9 endpoints
EndpointP50P75P90P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-1103 t/s116 t/s127 t/s153.08 t/s
Azureazure/eu157 t/s159.25 t/s165.7 t/s171.37 t/s
Azureazure72 t/s97.75 t/s121 t/s144.53 t/s
OpenAIopenai72 t/s94 t/s120 t/s162 t/s
OpenAIopenai/flex71 t/s105 t/s135 t/s190.36 t/s
OpenAIopenai/fast63 t/s89.75 t/s105 t/s152 t/s
Azureazure25 t/s26.75 t/s40 t/s51.7 t/s
OpenAIopenai/fast78 t/s78 t/s78 t/s78 t/s
OpenAIopenai133 t/s200 t/s286.4 t/s359.44 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 24, 2026.

Apps & session costs

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

30-day sample · through Oct 18, 2026
ApplicationModel routeTurnsMedian cost / sessionDetails
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607092–9 turns
$0.0939
Details
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607091 turn
$0.02692
Details
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607092–9 turns
$0.136846
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-202607091 turn
$0.019183
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070950+ turns
$2.865161
Details
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070950+ turns
$2.470166
Details
Hermes Agentopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070910–49 turns
$0.465631
Details
Codexopenai/gpt-5.6-terra-2026070910–49 turns
$0.490548
Details

Source: OpenRouter, as of Oct 20, 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 usage5,940,560,561,983 reported tokens · 66 days with observations
Jul 26, 2026Oct 23, 2026
Daily observations · 66 days
Date (UTC)Reported tokensReported routes
Oct 22, 202653,322,379,2761
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

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of Oct 24, 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 $1.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens. Prices vary by provider and configuration; see Pricing for details.

Which providers offer GPT-5.6 Terra?

There are 69 cataloged offers across 45 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: Not reported. Structured output: Not reported. Support can vary by endpoint.

Catalog history · 3 recorded revisions

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

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