# GPT-5.6 Luna vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Luna and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-luna-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Luna if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 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 65.6 to 41.88.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 64.5 for GPT-5.6 Luna and 36.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Toolathlon in Agentic, with scores of 53.4% and 26.9%.
- GPT-5.6 Luna also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Luna | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 65.6 | 41.88 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 29 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.20 / $1.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 55.3 (Supported · #28/105)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.6 (Estimated · #67/105)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | 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% | 26.9% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1397 | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 35.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 42.65% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 64.5 (Supported · #9/135)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 36.4 (Estimated · #68/135)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.7% | 49.5% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| 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 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 51.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 29.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 54.7 (#18/19)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 71.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 59.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 67.1 (#22/50)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 50 (#39/50)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.4% | 75.3% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 79.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.0% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #22/158)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.1 (Estimated · #82/158)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.3% | 86% | GPT-5.6 Luna |
| 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 |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 21.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 76.8 (#57/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Luna public-lane score: 94.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 70.7 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Luna | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | 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 |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.6 Luna or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Luna and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 64.5 for GPT-5.6 Luna and 36.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

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

GPT-5.6 Luna currently has 29 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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