Model comparison
GPT-5.6 Luna vs Granite 4.2 3b
GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.2 3b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 58.5 to 36.3.
- Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 54.6 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2026-07-09 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 52 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.6 Luna leads
GPT-5.6 Luna: 54.5 (#28), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | 1361 |
| DeepSWE | 67.2% | — |
| FrontierCode | 39.8% | — |
| CursorBench | 35.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1519 | — |
| SciCode | 53.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 60.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,667 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Luna: 34.4 (#45), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 43% | — |
| BALROG | 45.6% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 22.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,095 | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads
GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.6 (#43), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1306 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 59.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 46.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 49.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 69.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 88% | — |
| CritPt | 20.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 89.1% | — |
| LMCA | 48.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 61.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.39 | — |
Math Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.7 (#14), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 82.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 61% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.3% | — |
| ProofBench | 60% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1458 | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.6 Luna leads
GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.5 (#34), Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1478 | 1315 |
| GPQA Diamond | 91.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.6 Luna: 42.7 (#28), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1258 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 22.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 42.5% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1457 | — |
Multilingual GPT-5.6 Luna leads
GPT-5.6 Luna: 52.8 (#78), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1417 | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1470 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1428 | 1249 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1454 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |
Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Luna leads
GPT-5.6 Luna: 75.6 (#57), Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1437 | 1273 |
Long Context GPT-5.6 Luna leads
GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#82), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1436 | 1291 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Luna leads
GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.0 (#29), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1431 | 1293 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1396 | 1205 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1434 | 1290 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1829 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1156 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.6 Luna better than Granite 4.2 3b?
GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-5.6 Luna or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 54.5 versus 40.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Luna and Granite 4.2 3b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Luna has 52 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.