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Gemini 3.1 Pro vs GPT-5.6 Luna: pricing, Quality, Value, and benchmarks

Side-by-side buyer comparison built from the current published top 10 snapshot. Quality and Value stay deterministic, while editorial verdict excerpts remain clearly AI-labeled.

Verified evidenceProvisional evidence
Gemini 3.1 Pro Quality
44.6
GPT-5.6 Luna Quality
45.0
Quality delta
-0.4GPT-5.6 Luna leads
Value delta
+12.2Gemini 3.1 Pro leads

Buyer summary

GPT-5.6 Luna leads Quality by 0.4 points. Gemini 3.1 Pro leads Value by 12.2 points.

Shared roster

Both pages link back to the same published roster and methodology, so the comparison stays on one deterministic evidence set.

Side-by-side summary

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Open Gemini 3.1 Pro
One-line verdict
Choose this when you need the highest reasoning ceiling available and can feed it text, images, audio, or video in the same request.
Monthly price
Google AI Pro: $5/month
App access
Gemini
Conversation benchmark
API pricing not published
Verified vendor fact

Consumer plan pricing is grounded in the current official vendor plan page.

Verified vendor fact

Hosted app availability is grounded in the current official vendor surface.

Side-by-side summary

GPT-5.6 Luna

Open GPT-5.6 Luna
One-line verdict
The fastest, lowest-cost GPT-5.6 option for high-volume workloads.
Monthly price
ChatGPT access and limits vary by plan and product surface.
App access
ChatGPT
Conversation benchmark
Unavailable
Deterministic

Plan availability is described conservatively without inferring a tier-specific subscription price.

Deterministic

Official GPT-5.6 availability across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.

Deterministic scores

Quality and Value comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Q 44.6

V 26.7

Quality rank 7 and value rank 10 in the current published roster.

GPT-5.6 Luna

Q 45.0

V 14.5

Quality rank 6 and value rank 8 in the current published roster.

Buyer access

Pricing, app access, and Conversation Value

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Verified vendor fact3K tokens/chat

Google AI Pro: $5/month

API pricing not published

Hosted app: Gemini

GPT-5.6 Luna

Deterministic3K tokens/chat

ChatGPT access and limits vary by plan and product surface.

Unavailable

Hosted app: ChatGPT

Benchmark evidence

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Verified evidence
  • Humanity's Last Exam

    Normalized quality input

    44.4%

    Google DeepMind Gemini 3.1 Pro model card | Vendor-reported Google model-card HLE no-tools score. Do not use Scale AI Thinking High for the primary no-tools leaderboard.

  • SWE-Bench Pro

    Software engineering task resolution

    54.2%

    Google DeepMind Gemini 3.1 Pro model card | Vendor-reported Google model-card SWE-Bench Pro (Public) score. Do not substitute SWE-Bench Verified.

  • GPQA Diamond

    Normalized quality input

    94.3%

    Google DeepMind Gemini 3.1 Pro comparison table | Vendor-published cross-model comparison table. Treat this as current official evidence, not neutral third-party benchmarking.

  • MathArena

    Expected Performance

    64.8%

    MathArena models leaderboard | MathArena is shown as supplementary evidence only and is not currently included in the PickAI Quality Score.

Benchmark evidence

GPT-5.6 Luna

Verified evidence
  • Humanity's Last Exam

    Normalized quality input

    37.2%

    Artificial Analysis GPT-5.6 Luna max analysis page | Independent Artificial Analysis HLE result for the max-reasoning model variant. This is provisional tier-3 evidence, not an OpenAI-published no-tools HLE result.

  • SWE-Bench Pro

    Software engineering task resolution

    62.7%

    OpenAI GPT-5.6 release | Vendor-reported OpenAI GPT-5.6 launch result. Preserve the named tier and launch configuration; do not substitute a similarly named benchmark or model variant.

  • GPQA Diamond

    Graduate-level scientific reasoning

    92.3%

    OpenAI GPT-5.6 release | Vendor-reported OpenAI GPT-5.6 launch result. Preserve the named tier and launch configuration; do not substitute a similarly named benchmark or model variant.

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Agentic terminal task completion

    84.7%

    OpenAI GPT-5.6 release | Vendor-reported OpenAI GPT-5.6 launch result. Preserve the named tier and launch configuration; do not substitute a similarly named benchmark or model variant.

Editorial excerpt

Gemini 3.1 Pro

AI-assisted, editorially reviewed

Choose this when you need the highest reasoning ceiling available and can feed it text, images, audio, or video in the same request.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is the ultimate all-in-one creative partner. It does more than chat; it builds. From generating cinematic video and studio-quality music to managing your life through seamless Google Workspace integration, it turns complex tasks into instant results. It is the fastest, most versatile tool for turning ideas into reality without needing a technical degree. True multimodality means it can create stunning video, professional images, and high-fidelity music in seconds. Its massive context window lets it remember entire books or long documents, so you do not have to repeat yourself. It works inside Gmail, Docs, and Drive to automate daily chores. It also delivers high-level reasoning and instant answers without the lag of older models. If you want an AI that acts as a creative studio, personal assistant, and expert researcher all in one subscription, Gemini 3.1 Pro is the gold standard.

Editorial excerpt

GPT-5.6 Luna

AI-assisted, editorially reviewed

The fastest, lowest-cost GPT-5.6 option for high-volume workloads.

GPT-5.6 Luna is the fastest and lowest-cost tier in the family. Its accepted HLE and SWE-Bench Pro evidence keep it competitive for high-volume workflows, while difficult tasks should still be tested against Terra or Sol.