GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Compare GPT-5.6 Terra by OpenAI against Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.6 Terra
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5.6 Terra has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 19x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.6 Terra
Input
$2.50
Output
$15.00
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
13× cheaper
Output
$0.80
19× cheaper
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 13× input, 19× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 103.6x more emoji
GPT-5.6 Terra
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
57%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length18w
0.85Hedging0.52
2.8Bold6.7
4.6Lists4.3
0.00Emoji1.04
1.12Headings0.92
0.06Transitions0.11
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