Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Luna vs Llama 3.2 90B

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI

54.6

Rank #30 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 77.7 to 11.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.3% for GPT-5.6 Luna and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.
  • Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Luna and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
GPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index54.627.5
Released2026-07-092024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked529

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 54.5 (#28), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
DeepSWE67.2%—
FrontierCode39.8%—
CursorBench35.9%—
LMArena WebDev1519—
SciCode53.6%—
WeirdML60.9%—
LMArena Coding1466—
ALE-Bench1,667—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 34.4 (#45), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
BALROG45.6%27.3%
APEX-Agents43%—
GDP.pdf22.7%—
Vending-Bench 24,095—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.6 (#43), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index156.39125.5
ARC-AGI-259.5%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark49.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.4%—
ARC-AGI-188%—
CritPt20.6%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1451—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA48.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench61.9%—

Math GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.7 (#14), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%2.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 461%—
ProofBench60%—
LMArena Math1458—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.5 (#34), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond91.6%41%
SimpleQA Verified41%—
LMArena Expert1478—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 42.7 (#28), Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision12581000
GeoBench—52%
Blueprint-Bench 222.6%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1457—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 52.8 (#78), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
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), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1437—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#82), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1436—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.0 (#29), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaLlama 3.2 90B
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 Llama 3.2 90B?

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Luna and Llama 3.2 90B share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Luna has 52 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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