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GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6.1 Terra

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 83 results on 4 sources that measured both models.

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol Released 29 Sep 2026 · $2.00 in · $10.00 out
OpenAIGPT-6.1 Terra $1.10 in · $5.50 out
GPT-6.1 Sol wins 3136 too close to callGPT-6.1 Terra wins 16

Of the 83 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 4 November 2026 (catalogue release 2026-11-04-56cfea57899a).

GPT-6.1 Sol or GPT-6.1 Terra? The short answer

They score about the same, so pick GPT-6.1 Terra: it costs 2.4 times less per product listing on CatalogBench.

  • Spring Prompt overall: GPT-6.1 Sol 80, GPT-6.1 Terra 81 (out of 100; how the score works).
  • GPT-6.1 Terra is cheaper to run: $0.004 against $0.008 per product listing on CatalogBench (2.4 times less).
  • On our own benchmarks, on the results both models have: GPT-6.1 Sol does better for product listings, user surveys and speed under pressure.

Head to head

80
Spring Prompt overall
81
$4.00
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$2.20
1,050,000
Context window, tokens
1,050,000

Every fact side by side

GPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Terra
Price per million tokens$2.00 in · $10.00 out$1.10 in · $5.50 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$4.00$2.20
Cheapest host, blended$4.00 (Amazon Bedrock)$2.00 (Azure)
Cost per product listing (CatalogBench)$0.008$0.004
Cached input, per million$0.10 cached input–
Intelligence Index51.8–
Spring Prompt overall8081
Output speed, tokens a second53–
Context window1,050,000 tokens1,050,000 tokens
Released29 Sep 2026–
WeightsClosedClosed
Developer based inthe USthe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live 2 of 25 4 of 25
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 3 of 26 7 of 26
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled 3 of 15 5 of 15
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending not measured 1 of 26
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 5 of 160 not measured
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects 9 of 51 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 6 of 188 not measured
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 16 of 173 not measured
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 18 of 143 not measured
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 3 of 29 16 of 29

Their slides, side by side

The same brief for both: Manchester store investment review for Hearthside Coffee, an invented company. First slide of each deck from DeckBench.

First slide of GPT-6.1 Sol's deck for Hearthside Coffee
GPT-6.1 Sol · deck rating 1,446 · presentable as it is
First slide of GPT-6.1 Terra's deck for Hearthside Coffee
GPT-6.1 Terra · deck rating 1,355 · needs work

Every slide, side by side →

From our research

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Terra
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per game · Blitz 3+2US dollars, lower is better 8 · 7 of 16 measured $0.0767 $0.0706
Cost per game · Bullet 60sUS dollars, lower is better 27 · 24 of 34 measured $0.0210 $0.0172low reasoning
Ladder Elo · Bullet 60sladder Elo, higher is better 2 · 23 of 34 measured 928Ultrafast (low reasoning) 358low reasoning
CatalogBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per productUS dollars, lower is better 12 · 7 of 26 measured $0.0084 $0.0036
Reliably publish-ready% of products, higher is better 1 · 5 of 25 measured 75.0% 64.3%
Reliably publish-ready · sales brief% of products, higher is better 2 · 2 of 25 measured 67.9% 67.9%
DeckBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per deckUS dollars, lower is better 18 · 13 of 26 measured $0.15 $0.0672
Deck ratingrating, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other deck was; the win rate counts wins against whichever decks a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 3 · 7 of 26 measured 1,446 1,355
Accurate decks% of tasks, higher is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 100.0% 100.0%
SurveyBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Analysis ratingrating, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other analysis was; the win rate counts wins against whichever analyses a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 3 · 5 of 15 measured 1,482 1,246
Cost per taskUS dollars, lower is better 10 · 5 of 14 measured $0.14 $0.0569
Analysis scorepoints of 100, higher is better 1 · 4 of 15 measured 96.6 91.6
Show all 83 results (71 more)
MeasureGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Terra
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 12 results
Ladder Elo · Lightning 10+1ladder Elo, higher is better 5 · 17 of 25 measured 584Ultrafast (low reasoning) 491low reasoning
Cost per game · Lightning 10+1US dollars, lower is better 25 · 15 of 25 measured $0.16Ultrafast $0.0064low reasoning
Games lost on time · Blitz 3+2% of games, lower is better 1 · 8 of 16 measured 0.0%Ultrafast 25.0%
Games lost on time · Bullet 60s% of games, lower is better 14 · 27 of 34 measured 25.0%Ultrafast (low reasoning) 75.0%low reasoning
Games lost on time · Lightning 10+1% of games, lower is better 17 · 19 of 25 measured 50.0%Ultrafast (low reasoning) 62.5%low reasoning
Invalid moves · Blitz 3+2% of moves, lower is better 1 · 1 of 16 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Invalid moves · Bullet 60s% of moves, lower is better 1 · 1 of 34 measured 0.0% 0.0%low reasoning
Invalid moves · Lightning 10+1% of moves, lower is better 1 · 1 of 25 measured 0.0%Ultrafast 0.0%low reasoning
Ladder Elo · Blitz 3+2ladder Elo, higher is better 3 · 6 of 16 measured 927Ultrafast 683
Median move time · Blitz 3+2milliseconds, lower is better 6 · 7 of 16 measured 2.1 sUltrafast 3.7 s
Median move time · Bullet 60smilliseconds, lower is better 19 · 29 of 34 measured 1.4 sUltrafast (low reasoning) 2.8 slow reasoning
Median move time · Lightning 10+1milliseconds, lower is better 20 · 21 of 25 measured 1.2 sUltrafast (low reasoning) 1.3 slow reasoning
CatalogBench measured by Spring Prompt · 28 results
Channel compliance% of products, higher is better 1 · 25 of 26 measured 100.0% 98.2%
Channel rules broken% of products, lower is better 1 · 23 of 26 measured 0.0% 1.8%
Channel rules broken · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Claims to check% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Claims to check · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Conflicts caught% of conflicts, higher is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 100.0% 100.0%
Content quality% of checks, higher is better 2 · 9 of 26 measured 98.6% 97.7%
Content quality · sales brief% of checks, higher is better 2 · 5 of 26 measured 98.8% 98.3%
Decision accuracy% of decisions, higher is better 2 · 5 of 26 measured 98.7% 98.1%
Failed outputs% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Failed outputs · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Field accuracy% of missing fields, higher is better 6 · 6 of 26 measured 94.4% 94.4%
Invented values% of filled values, lower is better 19 · 12 of 26 measured 2.2% 1.5%
Missing UK information% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Missing UK information · sales brief% of products, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Not findable% of products, lower is better 11 · 23 of 26 measured 4.8% 10.7%
Not findable · sales brief% of products, lower is better 15 · 25 of 26 measured 5.4% 13.7%
Publish-ready listings% of products, higher is better 2 · 6 of 26 measured 78.0% 74.4%
Publish-ready listings · sales brief% of products, higher is better 5 · 3 of 26 measured 72.0% 74.4%
Time per productseconds, lower is better 10 · 9 of 26 measured 10.2 10.1
Unsupported claimsclaims per product, lower is better 1 · 4 of 26 measured 0.00 0.03
Unsupported claims% of products, lower is better 1 · 3 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.6%
Unsupported claims · sales brief% of products, lower is better 5 · 1 of 26 measured 3.6% 1.8%
Unsupported claims · sales briefclaims per product, lower is better 2 · 3 of 26 measured 0.07 0.09
Wrong attributes% of products, lower is better 12 · 5 of 26 measured 16.7% 14.9%
Wrong attributes · sales brief% of products, lower is better 15 · 7 of 26 measured 19.1% 14.9%
Wrong category or variant% of products, lower is better 5 · 5 of 26 measured 1.8% 1.8%
Wrong category or variant · sales brief% of products, lower is better 5 · 5 of 26 measured 1.8% 1.8%
DeckBench measured by Spring Prompt · 14 results
Caveat dropped% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Clean layout% of tasks, higher is better 3 · 3 of 26 measured 83.3% 83.3%
Design quality% of the maximum, higher is better 10 · 5 of 26 measured 71.4% 80.8%
Draft figure quoted% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Findings missing% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Head-to-head win rate% of comparisons, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other deck was; the win rate counts wins against whichever decks a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 6 · 15 of 26 measured 82.1% 48.3%
Layout defects% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 3 of 26 measured 16.7% 16.7%
Misleading metric used% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Presentable decks% of tasks, higher is better 2 · 2 of 26 measured 50.0% 50.0%
Recommendation late or wrong% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Slides needing work% of tasks, lower is better 13 · 8 of 26 measured 50.0% 33.3%
Time per deckseconds, lower is better 19 · 16 of 26 measured 179 135
Unsupported claims% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Unsupported numbers% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 26 measured 0.0% 0.0%
SurveyBench measured by Spring Prompt · 17 results
Head-to-head win rate% of comparisons, higher is betterThe rating weighs each win by how strong the other analysis was; the win rate counts wins against whichever analyses a model happened to meet, so the two can disagree. 2 · 6 of 15 measured 81.4% 56.2%
Leading or double-barrelled questions% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 3 of 15 measured 0.0% 11.1%
Mistaken next steps% of tasks, lower is better 4 · 4 of 15 measured 11.1% 11.1%
Numbers right% of answers, higher is better 1 · 1 of 15 measured 100.0% 100.0%
Objectives unanswerable% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 8 of 15 measured 0.0% 11.1%
Precision ignored% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 15 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Research scorepoints of 100, higher is better 1 · 4 of 15 measured 97.0 92.2
Sound research% of tasks, higher is better 1 · 3 of 15 measured 66.7% 33.3%
Stakeholder's view presumed% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 6 of 15 measured 0.0% 11.1%
Survey plan scorepoints of 100, higher is better 1 · 5 of 15 measured 97.8 93.6
Survey structure% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 8 of 15 measured 11.1% 22.2%
Time per taskseconds, lower is better 12 · 5 of 14 measured 222 92.1
Traps handled% of traps, higher is better 2 · 4 of 15 measured 95.7% 94.2%
Traps missed% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 3 of 15 measured 33.3% 33.3%
Unsupported findings% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 15 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Wrong numbers% of tasks, lower is better 1 · 1 of 15 measured 0.0% 0.0%
Wrong recommendation% of tasks, lower is better 3 · 3 of 15 measured 11.1% 11.1%

Quick answers

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than GPT-6.1 Terra?

They score about the same, so pick GPT-6.1 Terra: it costs 2.4 times less per product listing on CatalogBench.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6.1 Sol or GPT-6.1 Terra?

GPT-6.1 Terra is cheaper to run: $0.004 against $0.008 per product listing on CatalogBench (2.4 times less).

Which is better for product listings, GPT-6.1 Sol or GPT-6.1 Terra?

GPT-6.1 Sol ranks 2 of 25 models on sale for turning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live, against 4 for GPT-6.1 Terra.

Which is better for decks from an analysis, GPT-6.1 Sol or GPT-6.1 Terra?

GPT-6.1 Sol ranks 3 of 26 models on sale for turning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is, against 7 for GPT-6.1 Terra.

Which is better for user surveys, GPT-6.1 Sol or GPT-6.1 Terra?

GPT-6.1 Sol ranks 3 of 15 models on sale for planning a user survey and reading its results without being misled, against 5 for GPT-6.1 Terra.

Which is better for speed under pressure, GPT-6.1 Sol or GPT-6.1 Terra?

GPT-6.1 Sol ranks 3 of 29 models on sale for good decisions against a real clock (fast chess), against 16 for GPT-6.1 Terra.

Run GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6.1 Terra on your own prompt

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