GPT-5.3-Codex vs GPT-5.6 Terra for presentations and slides

The verdict

Effectively a dead heat: 9796

Same 12 presentations and slides tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. GPT-5.3-Codex took 3 tasks, GPT-5.6 Terra took 4, 5 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.

Where they differed most

The task — Hostile Q&A prep

You are presenting a proposal to cut free staff parking to fund an extra day of annual leave for everyone. Write the 5 hardest questions the audience will actually ask, numbered 1-5, one line each with the honest one-sentence answer on the same line after a dash. No sub-points, no softballs.

1. Why should staff who have no realistic alternative to driving (shift workers, carers, disabled colleagues) effectively pay for everyone else’s extra leave? — They shouldn’t, so the proposal only works if we ring‑fence exemptions or subsidies for genuinely car-dependent staff and accept a smaller net saving.  
2. Are you certain the parking cuts actually cover the full cost of one extra leave day, including backfill/overtime in frontline teams? — No, not with certainty, so we need transparent modelling with a contingency because covering abse…
1. Why should staff who drive subsidise an extra day of leave that benefits everyone? — Because the proposal redirects a broad employer-funded benefit into a universal one, while recognising that this creates a disproportionate impact on regular drivers.  
2. How much will parking cost me personally, and will charges vary by salary, shift pattern, or site? — The proposed charge and any concessions must be published upfront, with lower-paid staff, disabled colleagues, and unsocial-hours workers protected where practical.  
3. What evidence shows…

Task by task

TaskGPT-5.3-CodexGPT-5.6 Terra
Deck from a standing start910
Speaker notes, not an essay1010
One slide, not a memo910
The first 30 seconds1010
Slide on a diet1010
Right chart, right headline1010
Hostile Q&A prep107
Cut it to two minutes109
Same facts, different room910
Forty slides into five109
Father of the bride910
Refuse the inflated slide1010

Full receipts: GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.6 Terra · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5

Questions people ask

Which is better for presentations and slides: GPT-5.3-Codex or GPT-5.6 Terra?

Effectively a dead heat: GPT-5.3-Codex edged it 97/100 to 96/100 on our presentations and slides suite — too close to matter, so pick on price or the product you already use.

How was this tested?

Both models answered the identical published presentations and slides tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.

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Full ranking: Best AI for presentations and slides · model pages: GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.6 Terra