Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Laguna M.1

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Astra leads 93.5 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for GPT-6 Astra and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Astra and Laguna M.1 specifications
GPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
ProviderOpenAIPoolside
Noometry Index70.832.5
Released2026-09-032026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K33K
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked563

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev17861349
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
SciCode56.5%—
GSO79.4%—
WeirdML93.6%—
LMArena Coding1487—
MirrorCode46.7%—
ALE-Bench2,951—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
GDP.pdf34.2%—
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
ARC-AGI-295%—
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles72%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1462—
Mystery Game Puzzles84%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA64.4%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.45—

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
ProofBench99%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LMArena Math1465—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond95.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
SimpleQA Verified75.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—
LMArena Expert1483—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), Laguna M.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1430—
LMArena Chinese1484—
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1379—
LMArena Korean1426—
LMArena Russian1436—
LMArena Spanish1407—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1450—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1456—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1441—
LMArena Creative Writing1418—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—
LMArena Multi-Turn1448—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Laguna M.1?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Astra does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Laguna M.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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