Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Luna OpenAI

53.3

Rank #36 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Luna scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Luna leads 76.1 to 40.1.

Side by side

GPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index53.345.3
Released2026-09-22—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked4217

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14391487
DeepSWE66.6%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
SciCode54.6%—
ALE-Bench1,577—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
APEX-Agents44.3%—
GDP.pdf23%—

Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14111483
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14161474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)78.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 456.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench64%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Luna leads

GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14441489
GPQA Diamond90.5%—
SimpleQA Verified41.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1217—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English13861465
LMArena Chinese14331534
LMArena French14201484
LMArena German13691487
LMArena Japanese13691495
LMArena Korean13601438
LMArena Russian13941471
LMArena Spanish13931470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14091467

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14091476

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGPT-6 LunaQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text13911470
LMArena Creative Writing13631464
LMArena Multi-Turn13961478

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Luna better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Luna or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

GPT-6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Luna and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Luna has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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