Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash vs GPT-6 Luna

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 39.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Google

39.3

Rank #170 Confirmed

GPT-6 Luna OpenAI

53.3

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and GPT-6 Luna in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Luna leads 76.1 to 39.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 2.5% for Gemini 2.5 Flash and 59.3% for GPT-6 Luna.
  • GPT-6 Luna is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 2.5 Flash.
  • GPT-6 Luna accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash and GPT-6 Luna specifications
Gemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index39.353.3
Released2025-04-172026-09-22
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$0.50
Results tracked5442

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.8 (#220), GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Coding14241439
ALE-Bench661.881,577
DeepSWE—66.6%
FrontierCode—42.4%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)28.7%—
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
LMArena WebDev—1581
SciCode—54.6%
WeirdML41.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.8 (#74), GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
Terminal-Bench17.1%—
APEX-Agents—44.3%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.2%—
TheAgentCompany41.1%—
BALROG33.5%—
GDP.pdf—23%
Vending-Bench 2548.84—

Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.1 (#286), GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
ARC-AGI-22.5%59.3%
ARC-AGI-133.3%86.7%
CritPt1.1%19.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14221411
DTBench76.5%90.1%
LMCA27.5%44.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index143.03156.28
SimpleBench41.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark56.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—68.7%
Chess Puzzles—31%
EnigmaEval2.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 39.9 (#98), GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.1%98.9%
LMArena Math14151416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—78.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—56.1%
ProofBench—64%
Omni-MATH38.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 36.4 (#168), GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Expert14261444
GPQA Diamond—90.5%
Humanity's Last Exam12.1%—
SimpleQA Verified—41.4%
MMLU-Pro63.9%—
Confabulations16.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.8%—
GPQA (HELM)39%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.8 (#32), GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Vision12531217
GeoBench76%—
VPCT46.2%—
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—44.2%
SpatialViz-Bench36.9%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.3 (#88), GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Non-English14091386
LMArena Chinese14501433
LMArena French14331420
LMArena German14181369
LMArena Japanese14051369
LMArena Korean13851360
LMArena Russian14151394
LMArena Spanish14211393

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.7 (#54), GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Instruction Following14051409
IFEval89.8%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#17), GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Longer Query14191409
Fiction.LiveBench77.8%—

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 53.8 (#157), GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Text14171391
LMArena Creative Writing14001363
LMArena Multi-Turn14081396
Short-Story Creative Writing76.5%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1137—
WildBench81.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 39.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash or GPT-6 Luna better for coding?

GPT-6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Luna does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash and GPT-6 Luna share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Luna has 42.

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