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GPT-5.6 Terra vs Glm-5.3

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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GPT-5.6 Terra
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
Glm-5.3
zai-org/glm-5.3
Provider
OpenAI
Zai-org
Family
GPT-5
Modality
text
text
Context window
1,050,000 tok
1,048,576 tok
Max output
128,000 tok
131,072 tok
Released
2026-07-10
2026-08-14
License
Proprietary
Open-weight
Input price
$2.00 /1M
$1.40 /1M
Output price
$12.00 /1M
$4.40 /1M
Tools
yes
yes
Streaming
yes
yes
Vision
yes
—
JSON mode
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Prompt caching
—
—
Batch API
—
—
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GPT-5.6 Terra
openai/gpt-5.6-terra
Full spec →

GPT-5.6 Terra is an OpenAI GPT-5.6 model that balances intelligence and cost, using the Responses API for reasoning and stateful context management.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows
Glm-5.3
zai-org/glm-5.3
Full spec →

GLM-5.3 is Z.ai's flagship agentic coding model, pairing a 1M-token context window with reasoning, function calling, and structured outputs to power multi-step, tool-driven development workflows.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows

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Gemini 4 Argon vs Glm-5.3
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Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-5.6 Terra
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Glm-5.3
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 · zai-org/glm-5.3
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra
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Deepseek-V4.1-Flash-1017 vs Glm-5.3
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 · zai-org/glm-5.3
Deepseek-V4.1-Flash-1017 vs GPT-5.6 Terra
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Grok 4.7 vs Glm-5.3
xai/grok-4.7 · zai-org/glm-5.3
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# GPT-5.6 Terra
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5.6-terra",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Glm-5.3
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="zai-org/glm-5.3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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