GPT-5.6 Luna 25.1/100Rank 37/50

STEALTHMARK · HEAD TO HEAD
All comparisons ↗GPT-6.1 Terra leads GPT-5.6 Luna by 22.6 points on StealthMark, 60.4 to 37.8. It leads on 8 of 9 benchmarks, including both games, and GPT-5.6 Luna on 1. GPT-6.1 Terra scores higher on Newton's Mirror, with its largest category advantage in reflections.
See the difference ↘On every task, result quality and reasoning tokens are each compared with all measured models and weighed equally. Each dot is one model.
BENCHMARK BY BENCHMARK
DATASHEET
GPT-5.6 Luna is 4.2× cheaper per output token. GPT-6.1 Terra scores higher on StealthMark. Both take about 1.05M tokens of context.
Full datasheets, every price and sourceGPT-5.6 Luna ↗GPT-6.1 Terra ↗
Anticipating threats and planning ahead. Collect coins while avoiding ghosts. Ghosts move before the player each turn, and collisions cost a life. 3 levels in sequence, up to 66 turns in total. Earlier moves and outcomes carry forward, testing learning across levels.


Cooperative planning and learning from experience. Coordinate two robots to push numbered cores onto matching sockets. Pressure plates hold doors open; moving either robot uses one turn. 5 levels in sequence, up to 152 turns in total. Earlier moves and outcomes carry forward, testing learning across levels.


Physics, perspective and recursive reflections, tested together. Explore the test ↗


GPT-5.6 Luna
The room enclosure has coherent symmetric perspective, with the overhead panel, sphere and black aligned centrally. The sphere and airborne black occupy substantially lower positions than the reference framing, inconsistent with the prescribed camera aim. The diagonal crimson streak does not establish the required surface transport. Faint wall sphere images provide limited mirrored correspondence, but the shallow floor image, missing receding chains, absent nested sphere imagery and sparse emitter mapping leave most reflection structure unsupported.
GPT-6.1 Terra
The sphere, airborne black and first reflected silhouettes preserve important geometry within the portrait frame. Paint deformation, contact order and forward transport are supported, with a small crimson endpoint overshoot. Major optical omissions dominate: short finite reflection sequences and smooth bands replace extensive, spatially ordered mirror imagery. Dark gloss and crisp upper emitter shapes provide partial material credit.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Luna | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| State at 600 ms | 15.0/25 | 23.0/25 |
| Camera and placement | 4.0/15 | 11.0/15 |
| Reflections | 3.5/120 | 33.0/120 |
| Materials and scale | 6.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Floor-damage reward | 0.0/10 | 0.0/10 |
A spinning metal sphere and paint in a mirrored room test physical reasoning, perspective and consistency across repeated reflections.
Visual construction and creative interpretation.


GPT-5.6 Luna
Six pale, outward-facing heads and six rounded lobes make the knot recognizable. The central hexagonal opening remains clear. However, broad gray crossing panels flatten the weave, several inner joins resemble capped strips, and sparse oversized scale marks leave the bodies looking more like decorated ribbons than living snakes.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A balanced serpent emblem with six attached outward heads, delicate scales and softly rounded bodies. Its compact silhouette reads clearly, but central routing does not establish every alternating crossing or crisp inward corner. Repetitive texture, limited facial anatomy and weak contact shadows constrain its organic character.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Luna | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 7.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 6.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 6.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Light & reflections | 5.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 5.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Artistry & character | 6.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Materials & effects | 5.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Visual integrity | 6.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
A pale serpent woven into an interlocking knot tests connected anatomy, repeated structure and readable overlaps. Organic surface detail must work with the overall geometry.
Precise visual recall and portrait reconstruction.


GPT-5.6 Luna
The central portrait, dark clothing, crossed hands and muted landscape clearly evoke Mona Lisa. Replication is limited by the elongated face, conspicuous eyes and simplified smile. Overlapping fingers have uncertain anatomy, while broad gradients and heavy outlines flatten the portrait. The composition and restrained palette remain coherent.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A recognizable interpretation with developed facial shading, shaped sleeve folds and purposeful small features. These strengths support modest upward calibration, while the frontal torso, elongated proportions, schematic finger joints and unresolved seated support keep replication and construction uneven.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Luna | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 3.5/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 3.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 4.0/10 | 4.5/10 |
| Light & reflections | 4.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 4.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Artistry & character | 4.0/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Materials & effects | 3.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Visual integrity | 4.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
An SVG interpretation of the Mona Lisa tests facial likeness, anatomy and the composition of a familiar portrait.
Creativity, perspective and visual beauty.


GPT-5.6 Luna
The warm sunset, palm silhouette and varied beach activities create an appealing, readable composition. Animals, birds and a broad sun reflection satisfy the brief. Drawing remains elementary: angular airborne sea animals lack splash or convincing motion, the crab's claws are awkwardly constructed, and repeated reflection bands suggest a stepped platform. Clean outlines and pleasant colors exceed the anatomical and spatial sophistication.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A coherent sunset illustration with clear prompt fulfillment, controlled framing and varied, purposeful small details. Simplified joints, frontal staging, flattened animal forms and weakly directional shadows limit its anatomical, spatial and physical sophistication.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Luna | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 7.5/10 | 8.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 4.0/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 5.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Light & reflections | 4.0/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 6.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Artistry & character | 3.5/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Materials & effects | 4.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Visual integrity | 3.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
A busy shoreline at sunset tests scene composition, animal forms and the relationship between light and water reflections.
Physical reasoning, light and visual reconstruction.


GPT-5.6 Luna
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GPT-6.1 Terra
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A plank, computer mouse and blueberry in a steel room test physical stability, spatial relationships, materials and lighting.
Scene composition and interacting subjects.


GPT-5.6 Luna
Expressive animals, a striped tail and clean outlines make the scene appealing and readable. The raccoon sits convincingly on the dog's back, but the overlapping steering paws are ambiguous and the control stem stops above the hull. Broad wake shapes suggest motion; the glowing sun lacks a corresponding water reflection.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A coherent cartoon with expressive animals, readable steering and a clear wake. Fine facial and hull details reward inspection. The main limits are the boatlike craft, simplified joints, weakly braced frontal raccoon and minimal directional lighting or material depth.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Luna | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 7.0/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 5.0/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Space & placement | 6.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Light & reflections | 6.0/10 | 5.0/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 6.5/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Artistry & character | 4.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Materials & effects | 5.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Visual integrity | 5.0/10 | 7.0/10 |
A jet-ski scene pairs a canine driver with a raccoon passenger. It tests the placement and contact of interacting subjects, along with vehicle construction.
Subject construction and spatial relationships.


GPT-5.6 Luna
A recognizable pelican cyclist with an expressive profile, balanced composition and controlled outlines. Head, neck and torso connect coherently. The bicycle wheels and frame are convincing, but overlapping feet obscure pedal contact, the drivetrain lacks a clear chain, and the wing's handlebar grip is schematic. Atmospheric color succeeds more strongly than directional lighting or material depth.
GPT-6.1 Terra
A coherent pelican cyclist with expressive proportions, purposeful feather detail and developed bicycle machinery. Continuous body contours, aligned wheels and readable pedal contacts support the scene. Simplified articulation, shallow modelling and an unresolved steering connection limit construction and placement.
| Category | GPT-5.6 Luna | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Task & likeness | 8.5/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Anatomy & construction | 5.5/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Space & placement | 7.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
| Light & reflections | 6.5/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Purposeful detail | 6.5/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Artistry & character | 5.5/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Materials & effects | 7.0/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Visual integrity | 6.5/10 | 6.0/10 |
A cycling pelican tests anatomy, riding posture and contact between the bird and the bicycle.