# GPT-5.6 Terra vs Grok 4.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Terra and Grok 4.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-terra-vs-grok-4-3
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Terra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.6 Terra leads overall 72.58 to 54.73.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 64.7 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 29.5 for Grok 4.3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 77.5% and 41.9%.
- Grok 4.3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.6 Terra also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 72.58 | 54.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 32 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $12.00 | $1.25 / $2.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Terra
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 59.5 (Supported · #18/105)
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 25.6 (Supported · #76/105)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 20.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 81.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 23.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 53.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 77.5% | 41.9% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 43.86% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 12.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Terra
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 64.7 (Supported · #8/135)
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 29.5 (Supported · #88/135)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 69.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 55.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 64.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | 84.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | 71.4% | GPT-5.6 Terra |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 65.4 (#12/19)
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 66.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 77.2 (#16/50)
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 65.7 (#26/50)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 80.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Terra
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 71.1 (Supported · #9/158)
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #49/158)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | 51.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 32.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.9% | 91.4% | Grok 4.3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | 85.8% | GPT-5.6 Terra |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 85.7 (#35/124)
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 93.2 (#2/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 84.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 68.300% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.6 Terra or Grok 4.3?

GPT-5.6 Terra is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Terra and Grok 4.3?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 64.7 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 29.5 for Grok 4.3.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.6 Terra cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.6 Terra currently has 32 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.3 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.3 currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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