# GPT-5.6 Luna vs Grok 4.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Luna and Grok 4.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-grok-4-5
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Luna if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.5 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.6 Luna leads overall 65.98 to 63.97.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 68.1 for GPT-5.6 Luna and 79.5 for Grok 4.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 79.0% and 67.8%.
- GPT-5.6 Luna is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.6 Luna also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Luna | Grok 4.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 500K |
| Overall Score | 65.98 | 63.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.20 / $1.20 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Grok 4.5
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 54.9 (Supported · #36/122)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 57.6 (Supported · #29/122)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.3% | 15.7% | Grok 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.7% | 83.3% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 45.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 77.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 12.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 79.0% | 67.8% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| ApprenticeBench | 7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Luna
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 63.4 (Supported · #13/146)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #27/146)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.7% | 64.7% | Grok 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.7% | 83.3% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| DeepSWE | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 61.1% | 66.7% | Grok 4.5 |
| VulcanBench v3 | 85.5% | 89.9% | Grok 4.5 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.0% | 86.6% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 35.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | Coming soon | 23.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Luna
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 54.5 (#26/28)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 50.4 (#28/28)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 59.5% | 52.6% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | 0.3% | Grok 4.5 |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 88.00% | 85.67% | GPT-5.6 Luna |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 68.1 (#21/49)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 79.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 79.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Grok 4.5
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 64.5 (Supported · #25/174)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 67 (Supported · #19/174)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 55.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 32.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 91.7% | 92.9% | Grok 4.5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.0% | 89.2% | Grok 4.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 94.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 78.600% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 58.500% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.6 Luna or Grok 4.5?

GPT-5.6 Luna is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Luna and Grok 4.5?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 68.1 for GPT-5.6 Luna and 79.5 for Grok 4.5.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.6 Luna cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.6 Luna currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.5 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Grok 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol](/compare/gpt-5-6-sol-vs-grok-4-5)
- [GPT-5.6 Luna vs GPT-5.6 Terra](/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-gpt-5-6-terra)
- [Grok 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Terra](/compare/gpt-5-6-terra-vs-grok-4-5)

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