How GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna compare on intelligence vs cost

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July 13, 2026

How GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna compare on intelligence vs cost

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GPT-5.6 Sol and Luna are ahead of Terra at every point on the Intelligence vs Cost per Task chart. GPT-5.6 Luna stands out as a particularly cost efficient model

Charting the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index shows the trade-off between intelligence and Cost per Intelligence Index Task. Across reasoning efforts, each GPT-5.6 model pushes past GPT-5.5 on the Pareto frontier (excluding non-reasoning).

However, Luna and Sol are always ahead of Terra. This means for any Terra effort level, there is a Luna or Sol effort level that is more intelligent at no extra cost, or as intelligent at lower cost.

Compare GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna with other leading models at https://artificialanalysis.ai

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