GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen3.7 Max for making flashcards

The verdict

Qwen3.7 Max wins, 9893

Same 12 making flashcards tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. Qwen3.7 Max took 4 tasks, GPT-5.6 Terra took 2, 6 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.

Where they differed most

The task — From messy notes

A student's notes read: 'ww2 started 1939 germany invaded poland, britain+france declared war 3rd sept. churchill pm 1940 after chamberlain. battle of britain summer 1940 RAF won. dday 6 june 44 normandy.' Make exactly 5 clean flashcards from ONLY these facts — no added facts. Q/A lines.

Q: When did World War II start?  
A: 1939.

Q: What did Germany do in 1939?  
A: Germany invaded Poland.

Q: When did Britain and France declare war?  
A: 3rd September.

Q: Who became Prime Minister in 1940 after Chamberlain?  
A: Churchill.

Q: What happened on D-Day?  
A: 6 June 1944, Normandy.
Q: What started WW2 in 1939?
A: Germany invaded Poland.

Q: When did Britain and France declare war?
A: 3rd Sept.

Q: Who became PM in 1940 after Chamberlain?
A: Churchill.

Q: Who won the Battle of Britain in summer 1940?
A: RAF.

Q: When and where was D-Day?
A: 6 June 44, Normandy.

Task by task

TaskGPT-5.6 TerraQwen3.7 Max
Cards from a passage1010
Application, not recall1010
Cloze cards done right810
Too big for one card109
French vocab set108
Spot the untestable card810
Interleaved practice set1010
From messy notes710
Reverse the cards1010
Definition trap910
Admit the limit1010
Refuse the sabotage1010

Full receipts: GPT-5.6 Terra, Qwen3.7 Max · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5

Questions people ask

Which is better for making flashcards: GPT-5.6 Terra or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max — it scored 98/100 against 93/100 on our 12-task making flashcards suite, winning 4 tasks to 2 with 6 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.

How was this tested?

Both models answered the identical published making flashcards 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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