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GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

GPT-6 Luna leads the LLM Stats Score 44.5 to 14.3.

OpenAI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

GPT-6 Luna leads the overall LLM Stats Score 44.5 to 14.3, ranking #40 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose GPT-6 Luna

  • overall performance matters — it scores 44.5 and ranks #40 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
44.5
#40
14.3
#243
Reasoning
40.0
#58
11.6
#258
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Context window
1,050,000
—

Individual benchmarks

5 reported for GPT-6 Luna · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

GPT-6 Luna and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GPT-6 Luna specifies input context (1,050,000 tokens). Only GPT-6 Luna specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

OpenAI
GPT-6 Luna
Input1,050,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both GPT-6 Luna and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

GPT-6 Luna

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

GPT-6 Luna is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

GPT-6 Luna

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-6 Luna was released on 2026-09-22, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

GPT-6 Luna is 25 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

GPT-6 Luna

Sep 22, 2026

0 days ago

2.1yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-6 Luna has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-05-18, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-06-30.

GPT-6 Luna has more recent training data (up to 2026-05-18), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct (2023-06-30).

GPT-6 Luna

May 2026

2.9 yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against GPT-6 Luna and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

GPT-6 Luna
✓ Preferred
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, GPT-6 Luna or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

GPT-6 Luna leads the LLM Stats Score 44.5 to 14.3. GPT-6 Luna is made by OpenAI and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does GPT-6 Luna compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

GPT-6 Luna scores DeepSWE 1.1: 66.6%, OSWorld 2.0: 52.7%, Agents' Last Exam: 50.9%, FrontierCode 1.1: 42.4%, AutomationBench v1.0.6: 20.7%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the context window sizes for GPT-6 Luna and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

GPT-6 Luna supports 1.1M tokens and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between GPT-6 Luna and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (44.5 vs 14.3), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes GPT-6 Luna and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

GPT-6 Luna is developed by OpenAI and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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