Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs GPT-6 Luna

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

GPT-6 Luna OpenAI

53.3

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 4 categories and GPT-6 Luna in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Luna leads 76.1 to 43.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 10.4% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 41.4% for GPT-6 Luna.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.50 for GPT-6 Luna.
  • GPT-6 Luna accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and GPT-6 Luna specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index43.553.3
Released2026-04-022026-09-22
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1.05M
Max output33K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$0.50
Results tracked3542

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena WebDev13661581
SciCode43.4%54.6%
LMArena Coding14591439
ALE-Bench925.51,577
DeepSWE—66.6%
FrontierCode—42.4%
WeirdML52.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: —, GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
APEX-Agents—44.3%
GDP.pdf—23%

Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%68.7%
CritPt1.4%19.4%
Chess Puzzles5%31%
LMArena Hard Prompts14481411
DTBench82.7%90.1%
LMCA39.3%44.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74156.28
ARC-AGI-2—59.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
ARC-AGI-1—86.7%
Thematic Generalization53%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—

Math GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%98.9%
LMArena Math14651416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—78.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—56.1%
ProofBench—64%

Knowledge GPT-6 Luna leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
GPQA Diamond75.8%90.5%
SimpleQA Verified10.4%41.4%
LMArena Expert14651444
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Vision12771217
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—44.2%
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Non-English14311386
LMArena Chinese14761433
LMArena French14351420
LMArena Russian14601394
LMArena Spanish14441393
LMArena German—1369
LMArena Japanese—1369
LMArena Korean—1360

Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Instruction Following14331409

Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Longer Query14461409

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Text14431391
LMArena Creative Writing14151363
LMArena Multi-Turn14521396
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or GPT-6 Luna?

Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Luna lists at $0.10 and $0.50.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or GPT-6 Luna better for coding?

GPT-6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and GPT-6 Luna share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Luna has 42.

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