# GPT-5.6 Terra vs Laguna S 2.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Terra and Laguna S 2.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-terra-vs-laguna-s-2-1
- Last updated: September 4, 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. Laguna S 2.1 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 71.44 to 56.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 67.2 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 47.8 for Laguna S 2.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is deepSwe in Coding, with scores of 69.6% and 40.4%.
- Laguna S 2.1 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 | Laguna S 2.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Poolside |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 71.44 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | $0.10 / $0.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #22/151)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: 48.2 (Estimated · #77/151)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 20.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 87.4% | 70.2% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 49.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 67.2 (Supported · #9/183)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: 47.8 (Estimated · #87/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.4% | 59.4% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 87.4% | 70.2% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| deepSwe | 69.6% | 40.4% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| 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 |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 76.2 (#15/48)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 80.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 63.4 (#16/22)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Laguna S 2.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 69.6 (Supported · #15/181)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Laguna S 2.1 | 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% | 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: 86.8 (#35/120)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 97 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Terra | Laguna S 2.1 | 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 Laguna S 2.1?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Terra and Laguna S 2.1?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 67.2 for GPT-5.6 Terra and 47.8 for Laguna S 2.1.

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

GPT-5.6 Terra currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna S 2.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna S 2.1 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Laguna S 2.1 vs GPT-5.6 Sol](/compare/gpt-5-6-sol-vs-laguna-s-2-1)
- [GPT-5.6 Terra vs GPT-5.6 Luna](/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-gpt-5-6-terra)
- [Laguna S 2.1 vs GPT-5.6 Luna](/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-laguna-s-2-1)

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