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GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3-235B-A22B

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric GPT-5.6 Terra Qwen3-235B-A22B
Input cost / 1M $2.00 $0.70
Output cost / 1M $12.00 $2.80
Context window 1,050,000 tokens 32,768 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

GPT-5.6 Terra

Input: 1M × $2.00 = $2.00
Output: 1M × $12.00 = $12.00
Total
$14.00

Qwen3-235B-A22B

Input: 1M × $0.70 = $0.70
Output: 1M × $2.80 = $2.80
Total
$3.50

Total cost savings

$10.50

Qwen3-235B-A22B saves $10.50 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. GPT-5.6 Terra is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); Qwen3-235B-A22B handles routine traffic.

Premium model

GPT-5.6 Terra

$2.00 in · $12.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

Qwen3-235B-A22B

$0.70 in · $2.80 out / 1M

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All premium

GPT-5.6 Terra

$700.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%Qwen3-235B-A22B

GPT-5.6 Terra

$280.00

Routine slice
$140.00
Premium slice
$140.00

Monthly savings

$420.00

60% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (gpt-5-6-terra, qwen3-235b-a22b) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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