# GPT-6 Luna vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-6-luna-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-6 Luna scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Luna leads 48.2 to 10.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 68.7% for GPT-6 Luna and 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- GPT-6 Luna is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- GPT-6 Luna accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 53.3 | 31.9 |
| Rank | 36 | 266 |
| Context | 1.05M | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $0.50 | $2 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 66.6% | — |
| FrontierCode | 42.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1581 | — |
| SciCode | 54.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1439 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,577 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 44.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 23% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 68.7% | 6.5% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 59.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.7% | — |
| CritPt | 19.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 31% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1411 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7% | — |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LMCA | 44.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.28 | — |

## Math

- GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 78.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 56.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 64% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1416 | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1444 | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1217 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 31.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 44.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1386 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1433 | — |
| LMArena French | 1420 | — |
| LMArena German | 1369 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1369 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1393 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1409 | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1409 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Luna | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1391 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1363 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1396 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-6 Luna better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Luna or Mistral Medium 3.1?

GPT-6 Luna is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Luna does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Luna and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-6 Luna has 42 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.