# GPT-5.6 Luna vs Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Luna and Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-ministral-3-8b-reasoning
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for GPT-5.6 Luna and Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning).

## Summary

- GPT-5.6 Luna and Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Mistral |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 65.6 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 29 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.20 / $1.20 | $0.15 / $0.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 55.3 (Supported · #28/105)
- Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 64.5 (Supported · #9/135)
- Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 61.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 54.7 (#18/19)
- Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 59.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 67.1 (#22/50)
- Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 79.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #22/158)
- Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 94.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) | 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

### Can I compare GPT-5.6 Luna and Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-5.6 Luna vs GPT-5.6 Sol](/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-gpt-5-6-sol)
- [Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Sol](/compare/gpt-5-6-sol-vs-ministral-3-8b-reasoning)
- [GPT-5.6 Luna vs GPT-5.6 Terra](/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-gpt-5-6-terra)
- [Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.6 Terra](/compare/gpt-5-6-terra-vs-ministral-3-8b-reasoning)

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- [GPT-5.6 Luna profile](/models/gpt-5-6-luna)
- [Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) profile](/models/ministral-3-8b-reasoning)
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