OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra, claiming per-task cost is about one-ninth that of Claude Opus 5.5
OpenAI has officially released GPT-6.1 Terra. According to its claims, at maximum effort Terra's token efficiency is more than three times that of Claude Opus 5.5, its price per token is one quarter of the latter's, and its per-task cost is about 9 times lower; in terms of speed, it completes tasks more than three times faster than GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol. The publisher calls this release the Berlin DevDay release.
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The original text provides a comparison of Terra's token efficiency and per-task cost relative to Claude Opus 5.5, which can be used to assess the positioning of this release.
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BREAKING 🔥: OpenAI officially announced GPT-6.1 Terra!
> "At max effort, Terra is over three times as token-efficient as Claude Opus 5.5, and one-fourth its price per token, resulting in a ~9x lower cost per task."
> "Terra is also much quicker, completing tasks over three times faster than both GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol."
I would call it a Berlin DevDay release 👀 https://t.co/jm48GhDZz7