Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Luna vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI

54.6

Rank #30 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 77.7 to 30.2.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Luna and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.630.3
Released2026-07-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked5210

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 54.5 (#28), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14661016
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

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

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.6 (#43), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1451993
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%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.39—

Math GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.7 (#14), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14581018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 461%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench60%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.5 (#34), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond91.6%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—
LMArena Expert1478—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 42.7 (#28), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1258—
Blueprint-Bench 222.6%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1457—

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 52.8 (#78), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1417977
LMArena Chinese14701014
LMArena Russian1428947
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1411—
LMArena Korean1415—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 75.6 (#57), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1437978

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#82), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1436—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.0 (#29), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14311032
LMArena Creative Writing1396990
LMArena Multi-Turn14341007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1829—
EQ-Bench 41156—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Luna better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-5.6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Luna or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 54.5 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Luna and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Luna has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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