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GPT-5.6 Luna — Benchmark Scores, Pricing & Performance Analysis

BUDGETOpenAI
Input Cost
$0.20/1M
Output Cost
$1.2/1M
Context Window
1.1M
Max Output
128K
Knowledge Cutoff
Feb 2026
Accepts
text, image, pdf

GPT-5.6 Luna by OpenAI demonstrates competitive pricing. View detailed benchmark data including scores across coding, math, reasoning, speed, and cost metrics.

Specifications last checked against the provider on . Benchmark scores carry their own source, linked beside each number.

General Benchmarks

AA Intelligence Index
37.520th of 66

Artificial Analysis composite intelligence score across 10 sub-benchmarks

Artificial Analysis (via OpenRouter)

Coding Benchmarks

AA Coding Index
71.420th of 96

Artificial Analysis composite coding score

Artificial Analysis (via OpenRouter)

Reasoning Benchmarks

AA Agentic Index
42.714th of 70

Artificial Analysis composite score for multi-step tool-using tasks

Artificial Analysis (via OpenRouter)
GPQA Diamond
87.7%22nd of 140

Graduate-level science Q&A by domain experts

Papers
τ²-Bench Airline
70.7%49th of 93

Multi-turn service agent making tool calls under strict policy constraints

OpenRouter (measured)

Cost Benchmarks

Input Cost
$0.20169th of 413

Cost per 1M input tokens

OpenRouter API
Output Cost
$1.2209th of 413

Cost per 1M output tokens

OpenRouter API
Cached Input Cost
$0.0216th of 136

Cost per 1M cached input tokens — the price that actually applies to a long agent conversation

OpenRouter API

Context Benchmarks

Context Length
1.1M9th of 451

Maximum context window size

OpenRouter API

Available from 38 providers

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. You can bring your own key for 5 of these — connect it here.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCached inContextYour key
Kenari$0$01.1M
Bothub$0.06$0.371.1M
302.AI$0.2$1.21.1M
Azure$0.2$1.2$0.021.1MSupported
Cloudflare AI Gateway$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
CrossModel$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
DevPass (LLM Gateway)$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
Eden AI$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
GitHub Copilot$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
Impossibl$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
Kilo Gateway$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
LLM Gateway$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
Merge Gateway$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
NanoGPT$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
Neon$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
Ofox$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
OpenAI$0.2$1.2$0.021.1MSupported
OpenCode Go$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
OpenCode Zen$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
OpenRouter$0.2$1.2$0.021.1MSupported
Opper$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
OrcaRouter$0.2$1.2$0.021.1M
Cortecs$0.219$1.32$0.0221.1M
Amazon Bedrock$0.22$1.32$0.0221.1MSupported
Requesty$0.22$1.32$0.0221.1M
Venice AI$0.25$1.5$0.0251.0M
Vercel AI Gateway$0.4$2.4$0.041.1MSupported
routing.run$0.7$4.21.0M
Abacus$1$6$0.11.0M
AIHubMix$1$6$0.11.1M
AI-ROUTER$1$6$0.11.1M
Azure Cognitive Services$1$6$0.11.1M
Databricks$1$6$0.1400K
Pioneer$1$6$0.11.1M
SAP AI Core$1$6$0.11.1M
Vivgrid$1$6$0.11.1M
ZenMux$1$6$0.11.1M
Snowflake Cortex1.1M

GPT-5.6 Luna — Benchmark Scores Overview

Scores normalized to percentage scale for visual comparison. ELO scores mapped to 0-100 range (1100-1500).

GPT-5.6 Luna — Frequently Asked Questions

How much does GPT-5.6 Luna cost?

GPT-5.6 Luna costs $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $1.2 per 1M output tokens. This makes it one of the more affordable models.

What is the context window of GPT-5.6 Luna?

GPT-5.6 Luna has a context window of 1.1M tokens. This determines how much text, conversation history, and code the model can process in a single request.

Who created GPT-5.6 Luna?

GPT-5.6 Luna was created by OpenAI. It is classified as a budget model in our catalogue.

Is GPT-5.6 Luna open source?

No, GPT-5.6 Luna is a proprietary model. It is available through OpenAI's API and compatible providers.