GPT-5.6 Terra

by OpenAI

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...

Quick Facts

Provider

OpenAI

Model ID

openai/gpt-5.6-terra

Modality

Text and Image and File to Text

Tier

Premium

Last Updated

2026-07-22

Released

2026-07-09

Context Length

1050K tokens

Tokenizer

GPT

Input Price

$2.50/M

Output Price

$15.00/M

When To Use GPT-5.6 Terra

Best for

  • Coding, debugging, and implementation planning
  • Reasoning-heavy questions and step-by-step analysis
  • Research, summarization, and document work
  • Image understanding, screenshots, and visual questions
  • Comparing OpenAI responses against other leading AI models

Not ideal for

  • High-volume casual chats where you want to conserve premium credits
  • Native image generation workflows
  • Voice, speech, or audio transcription workflows

Input & Output

Accepts

text
image
file

Generates

text

Pricing

All prices are per 1 million tokens

Input

$2.50/M

Output

$15.00/M

Cache Read

$0.25/M

Cache Write

$3.13/M

Web Search

$10000.00/M

Capabilities

  • Natural language understanding and generation
  • Image analysis and understanding
  • Advanced reasoning and problem-solving
  • Long context window for extended conversations

Example Prompts

Review this TypeScript function for edge cases, bugs, and simpler implementation options.

Turn this product requirement into a small implementation plan with tests.

Solve this problem step by step, then summarize the final answer in one paragraph.

Summarize these notes into key findings, risks, and recommended next steps.

Analyze this screenshot and explain what is happening, including any UI issues.

Supported Parameters

include_reasoningmax_completion_tokensmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatseedstructured_outputstool_choicetools

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