OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 262K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 16x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra
Input
$2.50
Output
$15.00
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
16× cheaper
Output
$0.97
16× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 16× input, 16× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 160.3x more emoji
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
57%Vocabulary59%
18wSentence Length15w
0.85Hedging0.31
2.8Bold4.9
4.6Lists2.7
0.00Emoji1.60
1.12Headings0.75
0.06Transitions0.05
Based on 27 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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