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Sunday, September 20, 2026 AutoCurated · Updated 11:15 UTC

Models · OpenAI

GPT-5.6 Luna

GPT-5.6 Luna is the fast, cost-effective model in the 5.6 family. It punches above its weight on everyday tasks like summarization, classification, and simple coding while keeping costs low.

Input $1.00 per 1M tokens
Output $6.00 per 1M tokens
Context 256K tokens · $7.00 combined per 1M
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Benchmark performance

GPQA Diamond 64.5 / 100
Coding Index 39.3 / 100
Intelligence Index 15.5 / 100
Humanity's Last Exam 7.2 / 100

Source: Artificial Analysis. Updated 2026-09-20.

Key strengths

  • — Excellent price-performance ratio
  • — Very low latency
  • — Good for high-throughput batch processing
  • — Handles common tasks reliably

Best use cases

  • Text summarization and classification
  • Simple code generation
  • Content moderation pipelines
  • High-volume chat applications

Pricing details

Input (per 1M tokens)$1.00
Output (per 1M tokens)$6.00
Context window256K tokens
ArchitectureLightweight dense transformer, 256K context window, optimized for speed and efficiency
Provider OpenAI

Fast, cost-effective

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Pricing data is sourced from official API documentation and updated weekly. Actual costs may vary based on prompt caching, batch processing, service tiers, and regional pricing. Inblix is not affiliated with OpenAI.