GPT-5.6 Terra 30.1/100Rank 32/50

STEALTHMARK · HEAD TO HEAD
All comparisons ↗GPT-6.1 Terra leads GPT-5.6 Terra by 14.6 points on StealthMark, 60.4 to 45.8. It leads on 6 of 9 benchmarks, including Foresight, and GPT-5.6 Terra on 3, including Latch. GPT-6.1 Terra scores higher on Newton's Mirror, with its largest category advantage in reflections.
See the difference ↘On every task, result quality and reasoning tokens are each compared with all measured models and weighed equally. Each dot is one model.
BENCHMARK BY BENCHMARK
DATASHEET
GPT-6.1 Terra scores higher on StealthMark and is 2.4× cheaper per output token. Both take about 1.05M tokens of context.
Full datasheets, every price and sourceGPT-5.6 Terra ↗GPT-6.1 Terra ↗
Anticipating threats and planning ahead. Collect coins while avoiding ghosts. Ghosts move before the player each turn, and collisions cost a life. 3 levels in sequence, up to 66 turns in total. Earlier moves and outcomes carry forward, testing learning across levels.


Cooperative planning and learning from experience. Coordinate two robots to push numbered cores onto matching sockets. Pressure plates hold doors open; moving either robot uses one turn. 5 levels in sequence, up to 152 turns in total. Earlier moves and outcomes carry forward, testing learning across levels.


Physics, perspective and recursive reflections, tested together. Explore the test ↗


GPT-5.6 Terra
The real sphere and airborne black blob are substantially too low in the complete frame after accounting for aspect ratio. The first wall and floor reflections have incompatible placement, relative size or silhouette. Both lateral regions lack the references' receding lane-and-chain organization. The few recognizable mirror images provide limited optical structure. The main, side and floor spheres replace nested mirror imagery with smooth bands, while sparse planar light patches and broad spherical highlights fail to establish coherent repeated emitter mapping.
GPT-6.1 Terra
The sphere, airborne black and first reflected silhouettes preserve important geometry within the portrait frame. Paint deformation, contact order and forward transport are supported, with a small crimson endpoint overshoot. Major optical omissions dominate: short finite reflection sequences and smooth bands replace extensive, spatially ordered mirror imagery. Dark gloss and crisp upper emitter shapes provide partial material credit.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Terra | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| State at 600 ms | 24.0/25 | 23.0/25 |
| Camera and placement | 6.0/15 | 11.0/15 |
| Reflections | 7.0/120 | 33.0/120 |
| Materials and scale | 5.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Floor-damage reward | 0.0/10 | 0.0/10 |
A spinning metal sphere and paint in a mirrored room test physical reasoning, perspective and consistency across repeated reflections.
Visual construction and creative interpretation.


GPT-5.6 Terra
Six ivory heads and rounded lobes create a striking radial emblem around a clear hexagonal opening. Soft shading gives the bodies volume, but abrupt rectangular and diagonal band endings make the continuous alternating weave ambiguous. Repetitive scale lines and simplified faces convey an ornamental serpent more convincingly than living anatomy.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A balanced serpent emblem with six attached outward heads, delicate scales and softly rounded bodies. Its compact silhouette reads clearly, but central routing does not establish every alternating crossing or crisp inward corner. Repetitive texture, limited facial anatomy and weak contact shadows constrain its organic character.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Terra | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 7.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 5.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 7.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Light & reflections | 7.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 6.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Artistry & character | 5.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Materials & effects | 6.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Visual integrity | 5.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
A pale serpent woven into an interlocking knot tests connected anatomy, repeated structure and readable overlaps. Organic surface detail must work with the overall geometry.
Precise visual recall and portrait reconstruction.


GPT-5.6 Terra
The dark clothing, central portrait and restrained smile evoke the Mona Lisa, but replication is limited by the broad face, elongated neck, nearly frontal pose and indistinct landscape. Soft gradients give the face some volume. Crossed arms become rounded masses without readable fingers or wrists, and the expression lacks the original's subtlety. Clean framing and curves support an otherwise basic, uneven portrait.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A recognizable interpretation with developed facial shading, shaped sleeve folds and purposeful small features. These strengths support modest upward calibration, while the frontal torso, elongated proportions, schematic finger joints and unresolved seated support keep replication and construction uneven.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Terra | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 4.0/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 3.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 4.5/10 | 4.5/10 |
| Light & reflections | 5.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 4.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Artistry & character | 4.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Materials & effects | 4.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Visual integrity | 6.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
An SVG interpretation of the Mona Lisa tests facial likeness, anatomy and the composition of a familiar portrait.
Creativity, perspective and visual beauty.


GPT-5.6 Terra
Warm sunset gradients, framing palms and colorful beach activities create an appealing scene. Animals, birds and a sun reflection fulfill the brief. The dog and turtle remain schematic, foreground depth is shallow, and the reflection forms rigid bands. Clean silhouettes and readable accessories support a competent illustration, but limited anatomy, material variation and lighting keep it below exceptional.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A coherent sunset illustration with clear prompt fulfillment, controlled framing and varied, purposeful small details. Simplified joints, frontal staging, flattened animal forms and weakly directional shadows limit its anatomical, spatial and physical sophistication.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Terra | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 7.5/10 | 8.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 5.0/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 6.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Light & reflections | 5.0/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 6.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Artistry & character | 5.0/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Materials & effects | 5.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Visual integrity | 5.0/10 | 7.5/10 |
A busy shoreline at sunset tests scene composition, animal forms and the relationship between light and water reflections.
Physical reasoning, light and visual reconstruction.


GPT-5.6 Terra
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GPT-6.1 Terra
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A plank, computer mouse and blueberry in a steel room test physical stability, spatial relationships, materials and lighting.
Scene composition and interacting subjects.


GPT-5.6 Terra
Expressive faces, a recognizable raccoon perched on the dog, and a sweeping wake make an appealing cartoon. The principal weakness is the steering interaction: the dog's paw sits beside the control assembly without a convincing handlebar grip. Bold outlines and coherent layering provide polish, while simplified shading, compressed seating geometry and angular splashes limit depth and physical credibility.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A coherent cartoon with expressive animals, readable steering and a clear wake. Fine facial and hull details reward inspection. The main limits are the boatlike craft, simplified joints, weakly braced frontal raccoon and minimal directional lighting or material depth.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Terra | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 7.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 5.0/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 7.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Light & reflections | 6.0/10 | 5.0/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 7.0/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Artistry & character | 5.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Materials & effects | 7.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Visual integrity | 7.5/10 | 7.0/10 |
A jet-ski scene pairs a canine driver with a raccoon passenger. It tests the placement and contact of interacting subjects, along with vehicle construction.
Subject construction and spatial relationships.


GPT-5.6 Terra
The oversized bill, expressive eye and balanced twilight palette make the cyclist immediately readable. Clean contours and wheel details support the illustration, but the rabbit-like head tufts weaken pelican likeness. The wing does not clearly grip the handlebar, pedal contact is uneven, and the drivetrain is incomplete. Lighting remains mostly decorative.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A coherent pelican cyclist with expressive proportions, purposeful feather detail and developed bicycle machinery. Continuous body contours, aligned wheels and readable pedal contacts support the scene. Simplified articulation, shallow modelling and an unresolved steering connection limit construction and placement.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Terra | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 6.0/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 6.0/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Space & placement | 7.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Light & reflections | 6.5/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 7.0/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Artistry & character | 6.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Materials & effects | 6.5/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Visual integrity | 7.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
A cycling pelican tests anatomy, riding posture and contact between the bird and the bicycle.