GPT-6.1 Terra Spotted in Microsoft Evaluations: Performance on Par with Sol, Potentially Lower Price

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra may be released soon. The clue comes from a post by the X account glitch_catAI: someone spotted it in Microsoft's EF Core evaluation and GitHub Copilot review workflow. The former is a database tool in the .NET ecosystem, while the latter is a code review use case.

There has been no official announcement, but a poster has also surfaced along with the news. It says GPT-6.1 Terra, along with the line INTELLIGENCE FOR A BROADER WORLD, emphasizing faster speed, greater efficiency, lower API costs, and broader capabilities, aimed at applications at scale.

The current rumor is this: Terra will match or exceed Sol in performance while costing less. Sol is OpenAI's current model, with API pricing at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. For developers currently using Sol, if Terra can bring down the price for equivalent performance, that would be a real upgrade.

Pricing, benchmark scores, and release date have not been confirmed. The biggest question is: will it be faster than Sol?

In the comments, some users are already watching the price: as long as it is cheaper than Sol, this is worth taking seriously.

The original message comes from glitch_catAI's X post.