VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is GPT-6 Luna state of the art?
Yes.Yes on Coding (best per dollar); Coding › Agentic (best per dollar). Not the overall leader.
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6 Luna from OpenAI. Yes on Coding (best per dollar); Coding › Agentic (best per dollar). Not the overall leader. Ranked #17 in Coding.
General LLM#65 in this category#65 · 0dGeneral LLM · pareto#82 in this category#82 · 0dReasoning#61 in this category#61 · 0dReasoning · pareto#76 in this category#76 · 0dMathNot enough dataINSUFFICIENT_DATA · 0dScience#33 in this category#33 · 0dCoding#17 in this category#17 · 0dCoding · paretoPareto#17 · 0dCoding › Agentic#17 in this category#17 · 0dCoding › Agentic · paretoPareto#17 · 0d
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Ranked #65 in General LLM.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) gpt-6-luna-max · max | 1442.953685098201 1438.3–1447.6 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) gpt-6-luna-max · max | 1465.8003116895552 1460.4–1471.2 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) gpt-6-luna-max · max | 1446.5653927649087 1433.8–1459.4 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| GPQA Diamond gpt-6-luna_max · max | 0.9046717171717171 0.9–0.9 | 2026-09-22 | INDEP. | snap_fee7890b5dd0 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 GPT-6 Luna max · max | 16.36 13.6–19.1 | 2026-10-06 | INDEP. | snap_13678220dcf7 |
| LMArena WebDev gpt-6-luna-max · max | 1581.7308518473817 1575.5–1588.0 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_c2cbd1c7f35e |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) gpt-6-luna-max · max | 1452.7047611561054 1446.7–1458.7 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| GDP.pdf gpt-6-luna_max · max | 0.23 | 2026-09-22 | INDEP. | snap_fee7890b5dd0 |
| LMArena Text factuality gpt-6-luna-max · max | 1456.6921088360086 1452.7–1460.6 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_af980e7d8ae9 |
| ARC-AGI gpt-6-luna_max · max | 0.8666666666666667 | 2026-09-22 | INDEP. | snap_fee7890b5dd0 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #65 in this category | Ranked #65 in General LLM. |
| Reasoning | #61 in this category | Ranked #61 in Reasoning. |
| Math | Not enough data | #60 on LMArena Text (style-controlled, math); missing Humanity's Last Exam and FrontierMath |
| Science | #33 in this category | Last listed at #33 in Science on 2026-09-22. That board does not award a crown. |
| Coding | #17 in this category | Ranked #17 in Coding. |
| Coding › Agentic | #17 in this category | Ranked #17 in Coding › Agentic. |
| Coding › Web dev | #28 in this category | Ranked #28 in Coding › Web dev. |
| Long context | #60 in this category | Ranked #60 in Long context. |