GPT-5.6 Luna — AI Model Review & Pricing

by OpenAI Fast Intelligent Coding Rank #21 of 120

GPT-5.6's fastest and most affordable tier. Built for high-volume, latency-sensitive workloads at $1/$6 per 1M tokens, with a 1.05M-token context window despite the low cost.

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Specifications

Specifications for GPT-5.6 Luna
AttributeValue
Lab OpenAI
Tags Fast Intelligent Coding
Release Date 2026-07
Context Window 1,050,000 tokens
Input Price / 1M $1.00
Output Price / 1M $6.00
Input Modalities Text
Output Modalities Text

Strengths

  • Cheapest GPT-5.6 tier at $1/$6 per 1M tokens
  • Fastest tier — built for latency-sensitive, high-volume workloads
  • 1.05M-token context despite the low price point
  • Good default for cost-sensitive production traffic

Weaknesses

  • Lowest-capability tier — not for hard reasoning
  • No Ultra mode or max reasoning-effort control

Best For

  • High-volume chat and classification
  • Latency-sensitive APIs
  • Cost-sensitive production routing

In Depth: GPT-5.6 Luna

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Summary

GPT-5.6 Luna is an AI model from OpenAI ranked #21 of 120 on the LMRank leaderboard.

Released 2026-07. It supports Text input and produces Text output, with a context window of 1,050,000 tokens. Input pricing is $1.00 per 1M tokens and output is $6.00 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.

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