Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Luna vs Llama 13b

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI

54.6

Rank #30 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 68.0 to 13.8.
  • Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Luna and Llama 13b specifications
GPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index54.624.4
Released2026-07-092023-02-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked5221

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 54.5 (#28), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Coding1466683
DeepSWE67.2%—
FrontierCode39.8%—
CursorBench35.9%—
LMArena WebDev1519—
SciCode53.6%—
WeirdML60.9%—
ALE-Bench1,667—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 34.4 (#45), Llama 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
APEX-Agents43%—
BALROG45.6%—
GDP.pdf22.7%—
Vending-Bench 24,095—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.6 (#43), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1451728
Epoch Capabilities Index156.39100.58
ARC-AGI-259.5%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark49.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.4%—
ARC-AGI-188%—
CritPt20.6%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA48.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench61.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—37.9%
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.7 (#14), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Math1458838
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 461%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench60%—
GSM8K—20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.5 (#34), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
GPQA Diamond91.6%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—
LMArena Expert1478—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 42.7 (#28), Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Vision1258—
Blueprint-Bench 222.6%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1457—
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 52.8 (#78), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Non-English1417819
LMArena Chinese1470—
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1411—
LMArena Korean1415—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 75.6 (#57), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1437781

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#82), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Longer Query1436—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.0 (#29), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 13b
LMArena Text1431834
LMArena Creative Writing1396794
LMArena Multi-Turn1434753
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1829—
EQ-Bench 41156—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Luna better than Llama 13b?

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Luna or Llama 13b better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 54.5 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Luna and Llama 13b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Luna has 52 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

Related comparisons

Go deeper