# OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra at half the API price of GPT-5.6 Terra

> Original title: GPT-6.1 Terra halves OpenAI's API prices and still gains ground on its larger models

- Source: The Decoder
- Published: 2026-10-26T20:30:55.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/olimx22v97t8kbnzdzs432lhc
- Original: https://the-decoder.com/gpt-6-1-terra-halves-openais-api-prices-and-still-gains-ground-on-its-larger-models/

## Summary

OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Terra, which it says offers better cost-to-performance than its predecessors. API prices are $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens, half the rate of GPT-5.6 Terra. Artificial Analysis reports gains on its Intelligence Index and a drop in guessing on AA-Omniscience from 88 to 38 percent.