Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Luna vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI

54.6

Rank #30 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 77.7 to 40.1.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.645.3
Released2026-07-09—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked5217

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 54.5 (#28), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14661487
DeepSWE67.2%—
FrontierCode39.8%—
CursorBench35.9%—
LMArena WebDev1519—
SciCode53.6%—
WeirdML60.9%—
ALE-Bench1,667—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 34.4 (#45), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
APEX-Agents43%—
BALROG45.6%—
GDP.pdf22.7%—
Vending-Bench 24,095—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.6 (#43), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14511483
ARC-AGI-259.5%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark49.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.4%—
ARC-AGI-188%—
CritPt20.6%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA48.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench61.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.39—

Math GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.7 (#14), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14581474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 461%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench60%—

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.5 (#34), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14781489
GPQA Diamond91.6%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 42.7 (#28), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1258—
Blueprint-Bench 222.6%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1457—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 52.8 (#78), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14171465
LMArena Chinese14701534
LMArena French14561484
LMArena German14541487
LMArena Japanese14111495
LMArena Korean14151438
LMArena Russian14281471
LMArena Spanish14481470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 75.6 (#57), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14371467

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#82), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14361476

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.0 (#29), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14311470
LMArena Creative Writing13961464
LMArena Multi-Turn14341478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1829—
EQ-Bench 41156—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Luna better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Luna or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 54.5 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Luna and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Luna has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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