Model comparison

GPT-6 Astra vs Ring-2.6-1T

GPT-6 Astra has enough public results to be ranked (#1); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.3

Rank #1 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra 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-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 25.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 31.7% for GPT-6 Astra 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-6 Astra and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
GPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
ProviderOpenAIAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index70.336.3
Released2026-09-032026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked513

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 70.5 (#3), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
SciCode56.5%42.4%
ALE-Bench2,951432.57
DeepSWE74.1%—
FrontierCode53.3%—
LMArena WebDev1792—
FrontierSWE65.5%—
WeirdML93.6%—
LMArena Coding1488—
MirrorCode46.7%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 52.3 (#3), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
APEX-Agents64.7%—
Remote Labor Index20.8%—
BALROG68.3%—
Vending-Bench 215,515—

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
CritPt31.7%3.7%
ARC-AGI-295%—
NYT Connections (extended)98.1%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
Chess Puzzles72%—
EBR-Bench76.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1464—
Mystery Game Puzzles84%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA64.4%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.6—

Math Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 93.4 (#1), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 497.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
LMArena Math1463—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond95.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam54.8%—
SimpleQA Verified75.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.7%—
LMArena Expert1486—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 55.1 (#3), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1280—
Blueprint-Bench 249.7%—
Furniture Assembly80%—
LMArena Document1468—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 54.0 (#53), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1467—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1412—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 76.6 (#37), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1454—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 44.7 (#57), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1460—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-6 Astra: 75.7 (#7), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 AstraRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1423—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2173—
LMArena Multi-Turn1457—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Astra better than Ring-2.6-1T?

GPT-6 Astra has enough public results to be ranked (#1); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is GPT-6 Astra or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.5 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 51 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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