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GPT-6.1 Terra beat Claude Opus 5.5 on cost and speed in three max-effort tests, per The New Stack

According to a post on X by @thenewstack, The New Stack ran OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 head to head on three tasks at maximum effort. The post reports that Terra was cheaper and faster across those tests. The snippet does not give the specific tasks, prices, or timing figures, so those details cannot be confirmed from this source. The result is presented as a comparison from one outlet's testing rather than an independent benchmark.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-03T05:45:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-03T14:18:06+00:00
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According to a post on X by @thenewstack, The New Stack ran OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 head to head on three tasks at maximum effort. The post reports that Terra was cheaper and faster across those tests. The snippet does not give the specific tasks, prices, or timing figures, so those details cannot be confirmed from this source. The result is presented as a comparison from one outlet's testing rather than an independent benchmark.

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The New Stack ran OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 head to head on three tasks at maximum effort and found Terra cheaper and faster. Why it matters: Price and speed are becoming the deciding factors for teams choosing between frontier models for everyday work. Original post on X

Teams choosing between frontier models for everyday work may weigh price and speed more heavily if results like these hold up. Builders and businesses comparing providers should look for the full test methodology and pricing before changing any setup. Watch for independent tests or published figures that confirm whether the gap appears across more tasks.

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