Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Terra

A side-by-side comparison of Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Terra: input/output pricing, capabilities and available endpoints, served live from J8API. Both are reachable with the same API key.

Pricing comparison

ItemClaude Sonnet 5.5GPT-6.1 Terra
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.8$0.65
Output (per 1M tokens)$9$3.25
Cache read explicit (per 1M tokens)$0.18$0.0325
Cache write 5m (per 1M tokens)$2.25$0.8125

Specifications

ItemClaude Sonnet 5.5GPT-6.1 Terra
Context window1,000,000922,000
Max output128,000128,000

Capability comparison

ItemClaude Sonnet 5.5GPT-6.1 Terra
function_callingYesYes
prompt_cachingYesYes
visionYesYes

Which should you pick

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or GPT-6.1 Terra?

On input, GPT-6.1 Terra is cheaper ($1.8 vs $0.65 per 1M tokens). On output, GPT-6.1 Terra is cheaper ($9 vs $3.25 per 1M tokens). All prices are per million tokens in USD.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or GPT-6.1 Terra?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 does — Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens and GPT-6.1 Terra accepts 922,000.

What can Claude Sonnet 5.5 do that GPT-6.1 Terra cannot?

both support function_calling, prompt_caching, vision.

Can I switch between Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Terra without changing my code?

Yes. Both are available on J8API through one API key and the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint — switching means changing the model field from "claude-sonnet-5-5" to "gpt-6.1-terra", nothing else.

Both are available on J8API under one API key — switching between them means changing the model field and nothing else, so you can use each where it fits rather than picking one.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 · GPT-6.1 Terra · All models