Grok 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra

A side-by-side comparison of Grok 4.5 and GPT-5.6 Terra — intelligence, context, capabilities, and price.

Spec
Grok 4.5 logoGrok 4.5
GPT-5.6 Terra logoGPT-5.6 Terra
Context window500K1.1M
Streaming
Reasoning
Tool use
Web search
Vision (image input)
Document input
Video
Audio
Grok 4.5 pricing
  • Under 200K prompt tokens · Input$2 / 1M tokens
  • Under 200K prompt tokens · Cached input$0.3 / 1M tokens
  • Under 200K prompt tokens · Output$6 / 1M tokens
  • 200K+ prompt tokens · Input$4 / 1M tokens
  • 200K+ prompt tokens · Cached input$0.6 / 1M tokens
  • 200K+ prompt tokens · Output$12 / 1M tokens
  • Web search (when used)$5 / 1,000 calls

Provider-equivalent rates. Higher reasoning can use more output tokens. TryAI charges a one-credit minimum and rounds each run's aggregate cost up once.

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GPT-5.6 Terra pricing
  • Input$2.5 / 1M tokens
  • Cached input$0.25 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write$3.125 / 1M tokens
  • Output$15 / 1M tokens
  • Web search (when used)$10 / 1,000 calls

Provider-equivalent rates. Higher reasoning can use more output tokens. TryAI charges a one-credit minimum and rounds each run's aggregate cost up once.

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Grok 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra: FAQ

Is Grok 4.5 better than GPT-5.6 Terra?
xAI's previous-generation coding and agentic model, trained alongside Cursor. Scores 56 on the AA Intelligence Index with 500K context, always-on reasoning, and optional web search. Balanced GPT-5.6 tier — matches GPT-5.5 quality (AA Intelligence Index 55) at roughly half the cost, tuned for everyday professional work. The best choice depends on your workload — compare context window, capabilities, and price above, or try both on TryAI.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or GPT-5.6 Terra?
See the pricing rows above for live per-token or per-generation costs. TryAI bills both from one pay-as-you-go balance.