Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs GPT-5.6 Luna

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI

54.6

Rank #30 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.6 Luna in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 77.7 to 9.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 98.3% for GPT-5.6 Luna.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and GPT-5.6 Luna specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index27.354.6
Released2023-12-132026-07-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.20
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2452

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), GPT-5.6 Luna: 54.5 (#28)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
LMArena Coding11081466
DeepSWE—67.2%
FrontierCode—39.8%
CursorBench—35.9%
LMArena WebDev—1519
SciCode—53.6%
WeirdML—60.9%
ALE-Bench—1,667
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Luna: 34.4 (#45)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
APEX-Agents—43%
BALROG—45.6%
GDP.pdf—22.7%
Vending-Bench 2—4,095

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.6 (#43)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
LMArena Hard Prompts11091451
DTBench45.9%89.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index117.04156.39
ARC-AGI-2—59.5%
SimpleBench—46.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.1%
NYT Connections (extended)—69.4%
ARC-AGI-1—88%
CritPt—20.6%
Chess Puzzles—40%
Mystery Game Puzzles—21%
LMCA—48.5%
Surface Evolver Bench—61.9%

Math GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.7 (#14)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%98.3%
LMArena Math11321458
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—82.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4—61%
ProofBench—60%
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.5 (#34)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
GPQA Diamond34%91.6%
LMArena Expert10591478
SimpleQA Verified—41%
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, GPT-5.6 Luna: 42.7 (#28)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
LMArena Vision—1258
Blueprint-Bench 2—22.6%
Furniture Assembly—42.5%
LMArena Document—1457

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), GPT-5.6 Luna: 52.8 (#78)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
LMArena Non-English11381417
LMArena Chinese11241470
LMArena French11451456
LMArena German11251454
LMArena Japanese10231411
LMArena Russian11861428
LMArena Spanish11191448
LMArena Korean—1415

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), GPT-5.6 Luna: 75.6 (#57)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
LMArena Instruction Following11141437

Long Context GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#82)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
LMArena Longer Query11321436

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Luna leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.0 (#29)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGPT-5.6 Luna
LMArena Text11491431
LMArena Creative Writing11311396
LMArena Multi-Turn11391434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1829
EQ-Bench 4—1156

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than GPT-5.6 Luna?

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or GPT-5.6 Luna better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 54.5 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and GPT-5.6 Luna share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.6 Luna has 52.

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