Model comparison
GPT-5.5 Pro vs GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 64.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Astra in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 73.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 78% for GPT-5.5 Pro and 97.6% for GPT-6 Astra.
- GPT-6 Astra is cheaper at $10 / $50 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.5 Pro.
Side by side
| GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 64.3 | 70.8 |
| Released | 2026-04-23 | 2026-09-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $30 | $10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $180 | $50 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 56 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 74.1% |
| FrontierCode | — | 53.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1786 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 65.5% |
| SciCode | — | 56.5% |
| GSO | — | 79.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 93.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1487 |
| MirrorCode | — | 46.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 2,951 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 64.7% |
| Remote Labor Index | — | 20.8% |
| BALROG | — | 68.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 34.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 15,515 |
Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads
GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | 95% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96.5% | 98.5% |
| CritPt | 30.6% | 31.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 64% | 72% |
| DTBench | 96% | 97.3% |
| LMCA | 53.9% | 64.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 162.07 | 166.45 |
| SimpleBench | 76.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 98.1% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1462 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 84% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
Math GPT-6 Astra leads
GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 87.7% | 93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 78% | 97.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 52.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | — | 2.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 39.6% | — |
Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads
GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.9% | 95.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 54.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 75.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 8.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1483 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1281 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 49.7% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 80% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1468 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1430 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1484 |
| LMArena French | — | 1456 |
| LMArena German | — | 1440 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1426 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1407 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1450 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1456 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.5 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1418 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2173 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1448 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 64.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 Pro or GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra is cheaper. It lists at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 and $180.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-6 Astra share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Astra has 56.