# GPT-5.6 Terra vs Grok 4.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Terra and Grok 4.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-terra-vs-grok-4-7
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Terra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.7 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 71.33 to 68.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 63.7 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 73.7 for Grok 4.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is cursorBench40 in Coding, with scores of 41.3% and 46.3%.
- Grok 4.7 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 4.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 500K |
| Overall Score | 71.33 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $12.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #17/154)
- Grok 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 20.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 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% | 76.0% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 38.00% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 68.1 (Supported · #7/156)
- Grok 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 69.6% | 71.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 41.3% | 46.3% | Grok 4.7 |
| EEBench | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 63.7 (#13/19)
- Grok 4.7 public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 77.2 (#15/49)
- Grok 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 80.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 69.7 (Supported · #15/186)
- Grok 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.7 | 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% | 56.7% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| HealthBench Hard | 32.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 85.7 (#35/124)
- Grok 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Grok 4.7 | 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 4.7?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Terra and Grok 4.7?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 63.7 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 73.7 for Grok 4.7.

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

GPT-5.6 Terra currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.7 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.7 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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