GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) vs GPT-5.6 Luna
Updated October 21, 2026. 40 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick GPT-5.6 Luna for coding: it scores 61.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 3.6 for GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18).
Pick GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) when output tokens cost 2.0x less.
- Shared results
- 40
- GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) only
- 6
- GPT-5.6 Luna only
- 76
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
GPT-5.6 Luna
GPT-5.6 Luna scores 61.5 against 3.6.
1 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Luna has a AA Intelligence Index result, 37.3.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Luna has a AA Agentic Index result, 42.1.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Luna has a GPQA Diamond result, 91.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Luna has a MMLU Pro result, 86.0%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Luna has a Design Arena: websites result, 1256.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-5.6 Luna
GPT-5.6 Luna takes 1.05M tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) $0.0004, GPT-5.6 Luna $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GPT-5.6 Luna has the number, $0.04.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 3.6 from 1 benchmark, GPT-5.6 Luna 61.5 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 59.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- OTIS Mock AIME: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 6.9% against GPT-5.6 Luna 98.3%, 91.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) $0.60 against GPT-5.6 Luna $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) takes 128K tokens, GPT-5.6 Luna 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Bars | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 3 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 7 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| General | 0 | 20 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 40 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 3.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 73.6% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1518 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 71.4 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 93.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.6% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 22.6% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.6% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 53.6% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 39.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| WeirdML | 11.8% | 60.9% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1667.4 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1290 | 1466 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1291 | 1463 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1508 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1520 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1517 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 37.3 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 156.5 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 42.1 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 51.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 68.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 30.4% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 25.3% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 43.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| BALROG | 17.4% | 45.6% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $4,095 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 91.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 85.6% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 14.4% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 91.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 39.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 37.7% | 91.6% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 88.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 59.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| SimpleBench | 10.7% | 46.8% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| Chess puzzles | 3.0% | 43.0% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| Mystery game puzzles | 12.0% | 21.0% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| VPCT | 34.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1267 | 1451 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1234 | 1478 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1278 | 1460 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1273 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1282 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 6.9% | 98.3% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 0.7% | 82.1% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 61.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 60.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| MATH level 5 | 52.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1267 | 1459 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1271 | 1470 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 86.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.2% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.2% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.3% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.4% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 8.3% | 41.0% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| MMLU | 76.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| GeoBench | 64.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1286 | 1433 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1282 | 1399 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1305 | 1446 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1265 | 1439 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1256 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1250 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1196 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1212 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1121 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1231 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1193 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1144 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 76.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index020
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 78.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.2% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.2% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.4% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 69.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 83.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 89.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 48.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 67.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 61.9% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 42.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena Text | 1286 | 1431 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1258 | 1437 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1268 | 1396 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Vision | 1066 | 1257 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: English | 1301 | 1441 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1266 | 1417 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1265 | 1470 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: German | 1272 | 1455 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1216 | 1415 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1195 | 1415 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: French | 1297 | 1458 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1276 | 1446 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1275 | 1427 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1244 | 1405 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1285 | 1434 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1289 | 1436 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1282 | 1419 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1253 | 1402 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1072 | 1263 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1033 | 1294 | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1264 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1190 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1257 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1457 | Only GPT-5.6 Luna measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | GPT-5.6 Luna | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | OpenAI GPT-5.6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 18, 2024 | July 9, 2026 |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.20 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | 3.6 | 61.5 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.04 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) better than GPT-5.6 Luna for coding?
Pick GPT-5.6 Luna for coding: it scores 61.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 3.6 for GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18). Pick GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) when output tokens cost 2.0x less.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) or GPT-5.6 Luna?
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; GPT-5.6 Luna costs $0.20 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5.6 Luna only.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) or GPT-5.6 Luna?
GPT-5.6 Luna, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) vs GPT-5.6 Luna comparison based on?
40 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)'s coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and GPT-5.6 Luna's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.