GPT-6.1 Terra: Near-Astra Performance at ~9x Cheaper per Task Than Opus 5.5
shaunralston · x · 2026-10-27
Echoing praise for GPT-6.1 Terra: near-Astra-level performance, 3x faster, and roughly 9x cheaper per task than Claude Opus 5.5, at $1/M input tokens. From the perspective of a SF dev serving corporate clients, price/performance is what matters — trucking companies and dental offices pay to get work done reliably, not to explore the frontier. The frontier gets headlines; workhorses run the business.
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