GPT-5.6 Terra vs Kimi K3 vs Grok 4.7
Too close to call on our weighted score (GPT-5.6 Terra 63, Grok 4.7 61, Kimi K3 60). The right pick depends on what you value most.
OpenAIGPT-5.6 Terra
63/100- ECI159.8
- Price$2.00 / $12.00
- Context1.05M
Moonshot AIKimi K3
60/100- ECI157.6
- Price$3.00 / $15.00
- Context1.05M
xAIGrok 4.7
61/100- ECI—
- Price$2.00 / $6.00
- Context500K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (GPT-5.6 Terra 63/100, Grok 4.7 61/100, Kimi K3 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-5.6 Terra for raw capability and Grok 4.7 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because Grok 4.7 has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityGPT-5.6 TerraShared benchmarks: GPT-5.6 Terra 80.5% · Kimi K3 78.3% · Grok 4.7 74.9%
- Lowest priceGrok 4.7Grok 4.7 $3.00 · GPT-5.6 Terra $4.50 · Kimi K3 $6.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-5.6 Terra and Kimi K3GPT-5.6 Terra 1,050,000 · Kimi K3 1,048,576 · Grok 4.7 500,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsGPT-5.6 Terra: Text, Images, PDFs · Kimi K3: Text, Images, Video · Grok 4.7: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingKimi K3Publishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | GPT-5.6 Terra | Kimi K3 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 50% | 81 | 78 | 75 |
| Price | 25% | 19 | 13 | 27 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 61 | 61 | 48 |
| Overall | 100% | 63/100 | 60/100 | 61/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | Grok 4.7xAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 159.8 (best) | 157.6 | — |
| ECI rank | #9 of 148 (best) | #13 of 148 | — |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 93.3% (best) | 93.1% | 92.7% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 86.0% (best) | 72.2% | 53.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 99.7% (best) | 97.2% | 98.1% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 43.2% | 50.6% | 56.0% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $2.00 (best) | $3.00 | $2.00 (best) |
| Output | $12.00 | $15.00 | $6.00 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.20 (best) | $0.30 | $0.50 |
| Blended (3:1) | $4.50 | $6.00 | $3.00 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Over 272K: $4.00 / $18.00 | Same rate | Over 200K: $4.00 / $12.00 |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official Moonshot AI API | Official xAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,050,000 tokens (best) | 1,048,576 tokens | 500,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens | 500,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · high · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gpt-5.6-terra | kimi-k3 | grok-4.7 |
| API providers | 38 | 68 (best) | 17 |
| Released | Jul 9, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Feb 16, 2026 | — | May 2026 |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-5.6 Terra$44.00
- Kimi K3$60.00
- Grok 4.7$32.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-5.6 Terra, Kimi K3 or Grok 4.7?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (GPT-5.6 Terra 63/100, Grok 4.7 61/100, Kimi K3 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: GPT-5.6 Terra for raw capability and Grok 4.7 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because Grok 4.7 has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Terra, Kimi K3 or Grok 4.7?
Grok 4.7 is cheaper at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.00 input / $12.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Kimi K3 costs $3.00 input / $15.00 output per million tokens (official Moonshot AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $3.00 per million tokens for Grok 4.7 versus $4.50 for GPT-5.6 Terra (1.5× as much) and $6.00 for Kimi K3 (2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified): GPT-5.6 Terra 80.5%, Kimi K3 78.3% and Grok 4.7 74.9%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — GPT-5.6 Terra 93.3%, Kimi K3 93.1%, Grok 4.7 92.7%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-5.6 Terra 86.0%, Kimi K3 72.2%, Grok 4.7 53.0%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-5.6 Terra 99.7%, Grok 4.7 98.1%, Kimi K3 97.2%; SimpleQA Verified — Grok 4.7 56.0%, Kimi K3 50.6%, GPT-5.6 Terra 43.2%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-5.6 Terra, Kimi K3 and Grok 4.7 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-5.6 Terra leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.6 Terra and Kimi K3 have the largest context windows (1,050,000 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 500,000 for Grok 4.7. Maximum output per response: GPT-5.6 Terra up to 128,000, Kimi K3 up to 131,072, Grok 4.7 up to 500,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-5.6 Terra accepts text, images and PDFs; Kimi K3 accepts text, images and video; Grok 4.7 accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
Kimi K3 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; GPT-5.6 Terra and Grok 4.7 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Grok 4.7 is the newest, released Sep 21, 2026. Kimi K3 came out Jul 16, 2026; GPT-5.6 Terra came out Jul 9, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5.6 Terra Feb 16, 2026, Grok 4.7 May 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
