GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI’s smaller GPT-5.6 model for lower-cost reasoning and tool use.
OpenAIReleased 9 July 2026Context 1M tokensOutput 128k tokensPrivate weights$0.20 in / $1.20 out per Mtok
Where it stands
Rank compares tracked models with a score. Published shows the source’s rank and field size, when available.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Published | Leader | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vals IndexVals AI | 51.69% | 21of 33 | 22of 41 | Gemini 4 Argon | 17.21 pts |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis | 37 | 36of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 21 pts |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Artificial Analysis | 11.62% | 33of 40 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 52.02 pts |
| SWE-bench (Verified)Vals AI | 93.00% | 9of 23 | 9of 88 | Claude Opus 5 | 4.00 pts |
| GPQA DiamondVals AI | 91.67% | 16of 23 | 18of 138 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 3.78 pts |
| MMLU ProVals AI | 86.04% | 22of 24 | 50of 138 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 6.34 pts |
| MMMU ProVals AI | 85.03% | 16of 20 | 25of 93 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 5.61 pts |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Vals AI | 77.06% | 25of 38 | 27of 106 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 15.33 pts |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Artificial Analysis | 3.33% | 21of 24 | no list read | GPT-6 Astra | 60.00 pts |
| ProgramBenchVals AI | 0.00% | 19of 29 | 23of 54 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 18.50 pts |
| APEX-Agents-AAArtificial Analysis | 35.84% | 5of 7 | no list read | Gemini 3 5 Flash | 11.21 pts |
| τ³-BankingArtificial Analysis | 31.13% | 26of 30 | no list read | Qwen3.8 Max | 20.21 pts |
| ITBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 40.32% | 14of 18 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | 15.89 pts |
| MLCR-AAArtificial Analysis | 19.44% | 21of 37 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 55.56 pts |
| ARC-AGI-3ARC Prize · Standard | 0.18% | 11of 11 | no list read | GPT-6 Astra | 62.53 pts |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Vals AI | 22.59% | 5of 20 | 5of 20 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 7.77 pts |
| Harvey LAB-AAArtificial Analysis | 87.90% | 15of 20 | no list read | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | 7.58 pts |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym-AAArtificial Analysis | 40.82% | 15of 22 | no list read | Claude Fable 5 | 10.30 pts |
| AutomationBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 50.21% | 30of 40 | no list read | Gemini 4 Argon | 27.30 pts |
| SciCodeArtificial Analysis | 53.59% | 29of 40 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 13.31 pts |
| GDP.pdfArtificial Analysis | 24.00% | 9of 40 | no list read | GPT-6.1 Sol | 7.00 pts |
| CritPtArtificial Analysis | 20.57% | 19of 42 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | 11.72 pts |
| AA-OmniscienceArtificial Analysis | -10.28 | 40of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 56.7 |
| AA-LCR v1.1Artificial Analysis | 83.67% | 9of 42 | no list read | Kimi K3 | 5.00 pts |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Vals AI | 79.03% | 11of 35 | 11of 75 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 8.61 pts |
| ProofBench v1.1Vals AI | 60.00% | 18of 34 | 20of 46 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 40.00 pts |
| LegalBenchVals AI | 84.03% | 19of 27 | 41of 149 | Claude Fable 5 | 4.53 pts |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkVals AI | 1.25% | 34of 37 | 49of 73 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 24.17 pts |
| SkillsBenchVals AI | 60.45% | 6of 20 | 7of 35 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 9.35 pts |
| MysteryMechanismVals AI | 14.41% | 21of 21 | 21of 21 | GPT-6 Astra | 38.74 pts |
| Vals Multimodal IndexVals AI | 69.06% | 7of 17 | 7of 33 | Claude Fable 5 | 5.09 pts |
| BioMysteryBenchVals AI | 61.48% | 17of 19 | 18of 21 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 19.63 pts |
| Code MigrationVals AI | 44.55% | 19of 37 | 19of 71 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 25.28 pts |
| CyberBench v1.1Vals AI | 73.63% | 8of 31 | 9of 43 | GPT-6 Sol | 4.35 pts |
| EMBVals AI | 67.12% | 16of 37 | 16of 69 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 9.55 pts |
| Finance Agent (v2)Vals AI | 55.04% | 16of 37 | 20of 73 | Gemini 4 Argon | 10.36 pts |
| IOIVals AI | 61.78% | 14of 31 | 14of 38 | Gemini 4 Argon | 38.22 pts |
| Legal Research BenchVals AI | 36.54% | 30of 37 | 34of 72 | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | 18.75 pts |
| MedCodeVals AI | 42.39% | 30of 35 | 49of 104 | Claude Opus 5 | 21.18 pts |
| MedScribeVals AI | 84.39% | 26of 36 | 34of 106 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 7.04 pts |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Vals AI | 61.16% | 23of 29 | 27of 45 | Claude Opus 5 | 15.77 pts |
| SAGEVals AI | 44.22% | 25of 32 | 45of 90 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 11.88 pts |
| Tax Agent BenchVals AI | 60.81% | 26of 37 | 30of 64 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 16.83 pts |
| DeepSWE v1.1Datacurve | 67.19% | 10of 20 | 10of 28 | GPT-6 Astra | 6.93 pts |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Artificial Analysis | 1,463.23 | 27of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 382.94 |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Artificial Analysis | 1,344.49 | 27of 41 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 477.36 |
| Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis | 39.48% | 35of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 21.87 pts |
Nearby on Vals Index
The two models above and below on the Vals Index (Vals AI), on every column where this model has a published number.
| Model | Vals Index | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | Terminal-Bench 4.0 | SWE-bench | GPQA Diamond | MMLU Pro | MMMU Pro | Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | Terminal-Bench Science 0.1 | ProgramBench |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.6xAI | 52.09% | 44 | 17.17% | 95.60% | 94.70% | 89.40% | – | 76.24% | 6.19% | – |
| Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 51.77% | 38 | 14.14% | 79.60% | 88.89% | 87.55% | 83.01% | 81.33% | – | 0.00% |
| GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | 51.69% | 37 | 11.62% | 93.00% | 91.67% | 86.04% | 85.03% | 77.06% | 3.33% | 0.00% |
| DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek | 51.32% | 39 | 26.77% | – | – | – | – | 84.74% | 9.05% | – |
| Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | 51.27% | 39 | 13.64% | 80.80% | 93.94% | 90.12% | 88.96% | 70.39% | – | 0.00% |
Cost and speed, as published
Additional measurements from Artificial Analysis’ own row. Read 30 September 2026.
| As published | Cost per task | Output speed |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Luna (max) | $0.18 | 118.2 tok/s |
Results by benchmark
Independent and vendor results retain their own harnesses and effort settings.
| Benchmark | Independent run | As reported by a publisher |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents-AAKnowledge work | 35.84%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| τ³-BankingTool use | 31.13%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| ITBench-AAIT operations | 40.32%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| MLCR-AAMedical reasoning | 19.44%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| ARC-AGI-3Interactive reasoning | 0.18%ARC Prize · Standard | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Application development | 22.59%Vals AI | not published |
| Harvey LAB-AALegal reasoning | 87.90%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym-AAEnterprise workflows | 40.82%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AutomationBench-AAWorkflow automation | 50.21%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| SciCodeScientific coding | 53.59%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| GDP.pdfDocument reasoning | 24.00%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| CritPtScientific reasoning | 20.57%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-OmniscienceFactual knowledge | -10.28Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-LCR v1.1Long-context reasoning | 83.67%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Agentic coding | 11.62%Artificial Analysis 11.62%Vals AI | not published |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Agentic coding | 79.03%Vals AI 80.90%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| SWE-bench (Verified)Software engineering | 93.00%Vals AI | not published |
| GPQA DiamondScience reasoning | 91.67%Vals AI 91.11%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| MMLU ProKnowledge | 86.04%Vals AI | not published |
| MMMU ProMultimodal reasoning | 85.03%Vals AI 78.55%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Product coding | 77.06%Vals AI | not published |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Agentic science | 3.33%Artificial Analysis 0.00%Vals AI | not published |
| ProgramBenchAgentic coding | 0.00%Vals AI | not published |
| ProofBench v1.1Mathematics | 60.00%Vals AI | not published |
| LegalBenchProfessional knowledge | 84.03%Vals AI | not published |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkProfessional knowledge | 1.25%Vals AI | not published |
| SkillsBenchAgentic tooling | 60.45%Vals AI | not published |
| MysteryMechanismScientific reasoning | 14.41%Vals AI | not published |
| Vals Multimodal IndexComposite | 69.06%Vals AI | not published |
| Vals IndexComposite | 51.69%Vals AI | not published |
| BioMysteryBenchAgentic science | 61.48%Vals AI | not published |
| Code MigrationAgentic coding | 44.55%Vals AI | not published |
| CyberBench v1.1Security | 73.63%Vals AI | not published |
| EMBFinancial modelling | 67.12%Vals AI | not published |
| Finance Agent (v2)Financial analysis | 55.04%Vals AI | not published |
| IOICompetitive programming | 61.78%Vals AI | not published |
| Legal Research BenchProfessional knowledge | 36.54%Vals AI | not published |
| MedCodeHealthcare administration | 42.39%Vals AI | not published |
| MedScribeHealthcare administration | 84.39%Vals AI | not published |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Public services | 61.16%Vals AI | not published |
| SAGEEducation | 44.22%Vals AI | not published |
| Tax Agent BenchProfessional knowledge | 60.81%Vals AI | not published |
| DeepSWE v1.1Software engineering | 67.19%Datacurve | not published |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Knowledge work | 1,463.23Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Knowledge work | 1,344.49Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Humanity's Last ExamMultidisciplinary reasoning | 39.48%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexComposite | 37Artificial Analysis | not published |
Sources
Read on 17 October 2026.
- Vals AI model pagewww.vals.ai/models/openai_gpt-5.6-luna