Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs GPT-6 Luna

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 53.3 on the Noometry Index. GPT-6 Luna costs 338× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

GPT-6 Luna OpenAI

53.3

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and GPT-6 Luna in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 73.3 to 48.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 64% for GPT-5.5 Pro and 31% for GPT-6 Luna.
  • GPT-6 Luna is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.5 Pro.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-6 Luna specifications
GPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index64.353.3
Released2026-04-232026-09-22
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$30$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$180$0.50
Results tracked1442

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
DeepSWE—66.6%
FrontierCode—42.4%
LMArena WebDev—1581
SciCode—54.6%
LMArena Coding—1439
ALE-Bench—1,577

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
APEX-Agents—44.3%
GDP.pdf—23%

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
ARC-AGI-284.6%59.3%
ARC-AGI-196.5%86.7%
CritPt30.6%19.4%
Chess Puzzles64%31%
DTBench96%90.1%
LMCA53.9%44.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07156.28
SimpleBench76.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)—68.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1411
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%78.9%
FrontierMath Tier 478%56.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%98.9%
ProofBench—64%
LMArena Math—1416
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
GPQA Diamond93.9%90.5%
SimpleQA Verified—41.4%
LMArena Expert—1444

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Vision—1217
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—44.2%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Non-English—1386
LMArena Chinese—1433
LMArena French—1420
LMArena German—1369
LMArena Japanese—1369
LMArena Korean—1360
LMArena Russian—1394
LMArena Spanish—1393

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Instruction Following—1409

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Longer Query—1409

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGPT-6 Luna
LMArena Text—1391
LMArena Creative Writing—1363
LMArena Multi-Turn—1396

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 53.3 on the Noometry Index. GPT-6 Luna costs 338× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 Pro 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; GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and GPT-6 Luna share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Luna has 42.

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