# Gemma 4 E2B vs GPT-5.6 Terra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 E2B and GPT-5.6 Terra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-e2b-vs-gpt-5-6-terra
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 E2B and GPT-5.6 Terra share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemma 4 E2B has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-5.6 Terra has the larger published context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 E2B | GPT-5.6 Terra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1.05M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 39.58 | 71.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.00 / $12.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 43.3 (Estimated · #101/154)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 60.4 (Supported · #18/154)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 20.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 23.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 53.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 16% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 39 (Estimated · #126/154)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 67 (Supported · #8/154)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 69.6% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 55.8% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 64.9% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 95.4% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | Coming soon | 41.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 25.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 77.2 (#15/48)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 32.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 63.7 (#14/20)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 36.6 (Estimated · #153/184)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 69.3 (Supported · #15/184)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 43.4% | 92.9% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 57.7% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 32.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: 42.4 (#96/124)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 85.7 (#35/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 E2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E2B | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 84.900% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 68.300% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 E2B and GPT-5.6 Terra?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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