GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3.8 Max: scores, price and which to pick

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Our take

Qwen3.8 Max wins 4 of 4 categories and costs less: 1.5× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall6066Best

Coding5475Best

Writing5375Best

Support5772Best

Value5058Best

Input / 1M$2.00$2.00

Output / 1M$12.00$6.00Best

Blended / 1M$4.50$3.00Best

Context window1.1MBest1M

Open weightsNoNo

Released9 Jul 20263 Aug 2026

Your monthly bill

Tasks per month50k

GPT-5.6 Terra$900

Qwen3.8 Max$600Cheapest

List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.