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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra

Claude Haiku 5.5 comes out ahead, 83 to 67 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Haiku 5.5

    Released Oct 7, 2026New

    83/100
    • ECI160.4
    • Price$0.10 / $0.50
    • Context1M
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  2. OpenAI

    GPT-5.6 Terra

    Released Jul 9, 2026

    67/100
    • ECI160.1
    • Price$2.00 / $12.00
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove GPT-5.6 Terra

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01 — Verdict

Claude Haiku 5.5 is our pick

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against GPT-5.6 Terra (67). It leads on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Haiku 5.5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 5.5 160.4 · GPT-5.6 Terra 160.1
  • Lowest priceClaude Haiku 5.5Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.20 · GPT-5.6 Terra $4.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGPT-5.6 TerraGPT-5.6 Terra 1,050,000 · Claude Haiku 5.5 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsClaude Haiku 5.5: Text, Images, PDFs · GPT-5.6 Terra: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightClaude Haiku 5.5GPT-5.6 Terra
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%8989
Price25%8018
Inputs & features15%8080
Context window10%6061
Overall100%83/10067/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra specifications side by side
SpecificationClaude Haiku 5.5AnthropicGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)160.4 (best)160.1
ECI rank#14 of 165 (best)#15 of 165
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions89.7%93.3% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics75.1%86.0% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics98.9%99.7% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions23.8%43.2% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.10 (best)$2.00
Output$0.50 (best)$12.00
Cached input$0.01 (best)$0.20
Blended (3:1)$0.20 (best)$4.50
Long-context rateOver 100K: $0.50 / $2.50Over 272K: $4.00 / $18.00
Price sourceOfficial Anthropic APIOfficial OpenAI API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,050,000 tokens (best)
Max output128,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · maxYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDclaude-haiku-5-5gpt-5.6-terra
API providers3345 (best)
ReleasedOct 7, 2026Jul 9, 2026
Knowledge cutoffJun 2026Feb 16, 2026
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Claude Haiku 5.5$2.00
  • GPT-5.6 Terra$44.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Claude Haiku 5.5 or GPT-5.6 Terra?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against GPT-5.6 Terra (67). It leads on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or GPT-5.6 Terra?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.00 input / $12.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for Claude Haiku 5.5 versus $4.50 for GPT-5.6 Terra (23× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Haiku 5.5 160.4 (#14 of 165) and GPT-5.6 Terra 160.1 (#15 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (157.3–163.8 vs 157.8–163.4), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — GPT-5.6 Terra 93.3%, Claude Haiku 5.5 89.7%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-5.6 Terra 86.0%, Claude Haiku 5.5 75.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — GPT-5.6 Terra 99.7%, Claude Haiku 5.5 98.9%; SimpleQA Verified — GPT-5.6 Terra 43.2%, Claude Haiku 5.5 23.8%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Haiku 5.5 and GPT-5.6 Terra yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Haiku 5.5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.6 Terra has the largest context window at 1,050,000 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Claude Haiku 5.5. Maximum output per response: Claude Haiku 5.5 up to 128,000, GPT-5.6 Terra up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; GPT-5.6 Terra accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

No. Claude Haiku 5.5 and GPT-5.6 Terra are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the newest, released Oct 7, 2026. GPT-5.6 Terra came out Jul 9, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 5.5 Jun 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra Feb 16, 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 Nov 2, 2026.

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