Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs o1-mini

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 95% for GPT-6 Astra and 0.8% for o1-mini.

Side by side

GPT-6 Astra and o1-mini specifications
GPT-6 Astrao1-mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index70.834.0
Released2026-09-032024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5639

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
WeirdML93.6%36.3%
LMArena Coding14871362
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1786—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
SciCode56.5%—
GSO79.4%—
LiveBench Coding—48%
MirrorCode46.7%—
ALE-Bench2,951—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
Cybench—10%
BALROG68.3%—
GDP.pdf34.2%—
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
ARC-AGI-295%0.8%
ARC-AGI-198.5%14%
LMArena Hard Prompts14621333
Epoch Capabilities Index166.45135.82
SimpleBench—18.1%
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles72%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles84%—
DTBench97.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LMCA64.4%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
LiveBench—57.8%

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%46.9%
LMArena Math14651358
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—62%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
GPQA Diamond95.8%62.4%
LMArena Expert14831316
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
SimpleQA Verified75.6%—
Confabulations—18.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
LMArena Non-English14301289
LMArena Chinese14841314
LMArena French14561293
LMArena German14401278
LMArena Japanese13791245
LMArena Korean14261223
LMArena Russian14361283
LMArena Spanish14071303

Instruction Following GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14501304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14561320

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 Astrao1-mini
LMArena Text14411317
LMArena Creative Writing14181244
LMArena Multi-Turn14481314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than o1-mini?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Astra or o1-mini better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and o1-mini share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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