Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Luna vs Ring-2.6-1T

GPT-5.6 Luna has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI

54.7

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.6 Luna leads 47.5 to 25.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 20.6% for GPT-5.6 Luna and 3.7% for Ring-2.6-1T.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Luna and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
GPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
ProviderOpenAIAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index54.736.3
Released2026-07-092026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked513

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 53.9 (#25), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
SciCode53.6%42.4%
ALE-Bench1,667432.57
DeepSWE67.2%—
FrontierCode39.8%—
CursorBench35.9%—
LMArena WebDev1517—
WeirdML60.9%—
LMArena Coding1466—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 35.3 (#37), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
BALROG45.6%—
GDP.pdf22.7%—
Vending-Bench 24,095—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Luna leads

GPT-5.6 Luna: 47.5 (#38), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
CritPt20.6%3.7%
ARC-AGI-259.5%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark49.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.4%—
ARC-AGI-188%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1452—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA48.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench61.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.32—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 77.5 (#12), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 461%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench60%—
LMArena Math1455—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 58.6 (#31), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond91.6%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—
LMArena Expert1479—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.0 (#22), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1259—
Blueprint-Bench 222.6%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1457—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 53.0 (#73), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1418—
LMArena Chinese1469—
LMArena French1457—
LMArena German1459—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1414—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1445—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 76.0 (#48), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1440—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 43.9 (#78), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1437—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Luna: 68.3 (#27), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 LunaRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1432—
LMArena Creative Writing1397—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1829—
EQ-Bench 41156—
LMArena Multi-Turn1433—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Luna better than Ring-2.6-1T?

GPT-5.6 Luna has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is GPT-5.6 Luna or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.9 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Luna and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Luna has 51 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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