Model comparison
GPT-5.4 Pro vs GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.3 to 58.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Astra in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-6 Astra leads 70.5 to 42.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 58.5% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 97.6% for GPT-6 Astra.
- GPT-6 Astra is cheaper at $10 / $50 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
Side by side
| GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 58.8 | 70.3 |
| Released | 2026-03-05 | 2026-09-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $30 | $10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $180 | $50 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-6 Astra leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89), GPT-6 Astra: 70.5 (#3)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 57.4% | 93.6% |
| DeepSWE | — | 74.1% |
| FrontierCode | — | 53.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1792 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 65.5% |
| SciCode | — | 56.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1488 |
| MirrorCode | — | 46.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 2,951 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 52.3 (#3)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 64.7% |
| Remote Labor Index | — | 20.8% |
| BALROG | — | 68.3% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 15,515 |
Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10), GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.3% | 95% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | 98.5% |
| CritPt | 30% | 31.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 58.6% | 72% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 159.12 | 166.6 |
| SimpleBench | 74.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 98.1% |
| EnigmaEval | 23.8% | — |
| EBR-Bench | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1464 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 84% |
| DTBench | — | 97.3% |
| LMCA | — | 64.4% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
Math GPT-6 Astra leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17), GPT-6 Astra: 93.4 (#1)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 82.5% | 93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 58.5% | 97.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1463 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 50% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | — | 2.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#6), GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.6% | 95.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 44.3% | 54.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.3% | 75.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.3% | 8.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1486 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 55.1 (#3)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1280 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 49.7% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 80% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1468 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 54.0 (#53)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena French | — | 1467 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1412 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 76.6 (#37)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1454 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 44.7 (#57)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1460 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 75.7 (#7)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2173 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1457 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.3 to 58.8 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra is cheaper. It lists at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.
Is GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-6 Astra better for coding?
GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.5 versus 42.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-6 Astra share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Astra has 51.