Model comparison
GPT-6 Luna vs o1-mini
GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Luna scores higher in 8 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Luna leads 31.7 to 8.9.
Side by side
| GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 45.1 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 54.7 (#24), o1-mini: 35.1 (#218)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1362 |
| DeepSWE | 66.6% | — |
| FrontierCode | 42.4% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1583 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-6 Luna: —, o1-mini: 24.3 (#112)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 31.7 (#68), o1-mini: 8.9 (#340)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1415 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 68.7% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 35.6 (#140), o1-mini: 33.7 (#168)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 40.1 (#110), o1-mini: 34.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1458 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-6 Luna: 42.0 (#27), o1-mini: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 44.2% | — |
Multilingual GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 51.0 (#111), o1-mini: 43.8 (#177)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1390 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1425 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1392 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | 1302 |
| LMArena French | — | 1292 |
| LMArena German | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1223 |
Instruction Following GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 74.7 (#85), o1-mini: 67.0 (#200)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 43.3 (#95), o1-mini: 40.1 (#156)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1417 | 1321 |
Writing & Preference GPT-6 Luna leads
GPT-6 Luna: 58.4 (#115), o1-mini: 48.6 (#196)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1392 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1357 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1400 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-6 Luna better than o1-mini?
GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-6 Luna or o1-mini better for coding?
GPT-6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 54.7 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Luna and o1-mini share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Luna has 18 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.