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Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Terra

Gemini 3.7 Flash (Google) and GPT-5.6 Terra (OpenAI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#12 vs #14); and Gemini 3.7 Flash is 6.4× cheaper per output token ($1.88/1M vs $12.00/1M).

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemini 3.7 Flash if…

  • API cost matters — $1.88/1M output tokens against $12.00/1M, about 6.4× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.375/1M against $2.00/1M.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Gemini 3.7 Flash was listed 13 August 2026, GPT-5.6 Terra 9 July 2026.

Choose GPT-5.6 Terra if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #12 against #14 (73.7 vs 73.1 points).
  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 2.
  • LMArena Agent is your yardstick — 3.8% against 3.6%.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 56.6 against 56.0.

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Terra: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemini 3.7 Flash and GPT-5.6 Terra
FieldGemini 3.7 FlashGoogleGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
ModelCap Index position#14#12
Index score73.173.7
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.375$2.00
Output price / 1M tokens$1.88$12.00
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens66K128K
API providers listed23
Weight accessAPI onlyAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, Video, File, AudioFile, Image, Text
First listed13 August 20269 July 2026
PublisherGoogleOpenAI

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 6 public benchmark observations across 6 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Terra

Public benchmark boards where Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.6 Terra has a published result
BoardGemini 3.7 FlashGPT-5.6 TerraLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—15161506–1525X-HighOnly one result
LMArena AgentLMArena3.6%2.4%–4.8%High3.8%2.5%–5.0%X-HighGPT-5.6 Terra
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation—83.9%MaxOnly one result
ARC-AGI-3ARC Prize Foundation—0.8%MaxOnly one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis56.0intelligence-index56.6intelligence-indexGPT-5.6 Terra

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Terra: common questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #12 against #14. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash cheaper than GPT-5.6 Terra?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper on output tokens: $1.88/1M against $12.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.375/1M for Gemini 3.7 Flash and $2.00/1M for GPT-5.6 Terra. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.6 Terra?

Both publish a 1M-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.6 Terra?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Gemini 3.7 Flash and GPT-5.6 Terra open-weight models?

Gemini 3.7 Flash: API only. GPT-5.6 Terra: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Gemini 3.7 Flash and GPT-5.6 Terra?

ModelCap currently lists 2 API providers for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 3 for GPT-5.6 Terra, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Terra comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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