Axis Spatial

gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2 vs. Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code

gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2 against Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code: Geospatial Agent Index, each evaluation, cost, time and tokens, on the same tasks and limits. The harnesses differ, so part of any gap can come from the harness. Methodology.

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gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2 vs. Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code
Metricgpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code
Geospatial Agent Index: Text only4674
Geospatial Agent Index: Text + visionNo image input78
Earth-Bench V2 score5059
GeoBenchX score4577
GS-QA2 score4286
Vision agents scoreNo image input89
GeoAgentBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)7096
GeoAnalystBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)53100
OGD4All score (standalone; in no index)No data95
GeoNatureAgent score (standalone; in no index)No data100
MultiGlobeQA score (standalone; in no index)No data79
GeoAgentEval score (standalone; in no index)No data100
Remote sensing and raster analysis score4479
GIS analysis score4184
Climate and time series score5359
Spatial statistics score1577
Making maps score4077
Recognising infeasible requests score5877
Cost per task$0.026$0.081
Time per task (at 100 output tokens/s)3.0 min0.4 min
Tokens per attempt57k63k
Turns per attempt5.83.5
Input price per 1M tokens$0.35$4.00
Output price per 1M tokens$0.75$20.00
Context window128,0001,000,000
Image inputNoYes
DeveloperOpenAIAnthropic

Charts

Geospatial Agent Index

Equal average of Earth-Bench V2, GeoBenchX and GS-QA2, 0 to 100 · Higher is better

Geospatial Agent IndexScores 0 to 100: Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code: 74; gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2: 46025507510074Claude Opus 5.5 (low)46gpt-oss-120b (high)
Data table: Geospatial Agent Index
Geospatial Agent Index
ModelDeveloperGeospatial Agent Index
Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic74
gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2OpenAI46

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Cost per taskCost per task in US dollars: gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2: $0.026; Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code: $0.081$0$0.025$0.05$0.075$0.10$0.026gpt-oss-120b (high)$0.081Claude Opus 5.5 (low)
Data table: Cost per task
Cost per task
ModelDeveloperCost per task
gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2OpenAI$0.026
Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic$0.081

Output tokens per task

Average output tokens per attempt, reasoning included · Lower is better

Output tokens per taskOutput tokens per task: Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code: 1k; gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2: 15k05k10k15k20k1kClaude Opus 5.5 (low)15kgpt-oss-120b (high)
Data table: Output tokens per task
Output tokens per task
ModelDeveloperOutput tokens per task
Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic1k
gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2OpenAI15k

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code, 74 to 46.
Which is cheaper per task, gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2, $0.026 to $0.081.
Which writes fewer output tokens per task, gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code, 1k to 15k.
Which has the larger context window, gpt-oss-120b (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Claude Opus 5.5 (low), Claude Code, 1,000,000 tokens to 128,000 tokens.

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