Model comparison

GPT-6 Luna vs Molmo 2 8b

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Luna OpenAI

53.3

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Luna scores higher in 5 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Luna leads 48.2 to 25.6.
  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Luna and Molmo 2 8b specifications
GPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index53.339.1
Released2026-09-22—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked425

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
DeepSWE66.6%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
SciCode54.6%—
LMArena Coding1439—
ALE-Bench1,577—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54), Molmo 2 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
APEX-Agents44.3%—
GDP.pdf23%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14111287
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 Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)78.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 456.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench64%—
LMArena Math1416—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond90.5%—
SimpleQA Verified41.4%—
LMArena Expert1444—

Multimodal GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision12171081
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English13861276
LMArena Chinese1433—
LMArena French1420—
LMArena German1369—
LMArena Japanese1369—
LMArena Korean1360—
LMArena Russian1394—
LMArena Spanish1393—

Instruction Following GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14091270

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1409—

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text13911288
LMArena Creative Writing1363—
LMArena Multi-Turn1396—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Luna better than Molmo 2 8b?

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Luna and Molmo 2 8b share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Luna has 42 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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