Model comparison

GPT-6 Luna vs Mistral

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Luna OpenAI

53.3

Rank #36 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Luna scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Luna leads 76.1 to 22.3.

Side by side

GPT-6 Luna and Mistral specifications
GPT-6 LunaMistral
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index53.329.9
Released2026-09-22—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked4222

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Coding14391162
DeepSWE66.6%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
SciCode54.6%—
ALE-Bench1,577—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
APEX-Agents44.3%—
GDP.pdf23%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14111149
ARC-AGI-259.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)68.7%—
ARC-AGI-186.7%—
CritPt19.4%—
Chess Puzzles31%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench90.1%—
LMCA44.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.28—

Math GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Math14161180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)78.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 456.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench64%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Expert14441125
GPQA Diamond90.5%—
SimpleQA Verified41.4%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30), Mistral: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Vision1217—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Non-English13861129
LMArena Chinese14331109
LMArena French14201180
LMArena German13691155
LMArena Japanese13691013
LMArena Korean13601032
LMArena Russian13941168
LMArena Spanish13931143

Instruction Following GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14091152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Longer Query14091153

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMistral
LMArena Text13911165
LMArena Creative Writing13631158
LMArena Multi-Turn13961147
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Luna better than Mistral?

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Luna or Mistral better for coding?

GPT-6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Luna and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Luna has 42 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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