Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Luna vs Laguna M.1

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI

54.6

Rank #30 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 77.7 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 60% for GPT-5.6 Luna and 0% for Laguna M.1.
  • GPT-5.6 Luna accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Luna and Laguna M.1 specifications
GPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
ProviderOpenAIPoolside
Noometry Index54.632.5
Released2026-07-092026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked523

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 54.5 (#28), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev15191349
DeepSWE67.2%—
FrontierCode39.8%—
CursorBench35.9%—
SciCode53.6%—
WeirdML60.9%—
LMArena Coding1466—
ALE-Bench1,667—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 34.4 (#45), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
APEX-Agents43%—
BALROG45.6%—
GDP.pdf22.7%—
Vending-Bench 24,095—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.6 (#43), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
Surface Evolver Bench61.9%15.6%
ARC-AGI-259.5%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark49.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.4%—
ARC-AGI-188%—
CritPt20.6%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1451—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.39—

Math GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.7 (#14), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
ProofBench60%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 461%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
LMArena Math1458—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.5 (#34), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond91.6%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—
LMArena Expert1478—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 42.7 (#28), Laguna M.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
LMArena Vision1258—
Blueprint-Bench 222.6%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1457—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 52.8 (#78), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1417—
LMArena Chinese1470—
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1411—
LMArena Korean1415—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 75.6 (#57), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1437—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#82), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1436—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.0 (#29), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1431—
LMArena Creative Writing1396—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1829—
EQ-Bench 41156—
LMArena Multi-Turn1434—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Luna better than Laguna M.1?

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Luna or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 54.5 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.6 Luna does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Luna and Laguna M.1 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Luna has 52 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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