OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna

openai · Released Sep 22, 2026 NEW
DFO score #33 / 697
62.8 leaderboard score
Speed #114 / 332
126.5 tok/s
Input Price #243 / 697
$0.100 per 1M tokens
Output Price #309 / 697
$0.500 per 1M tokens
Context #11 / 697
1.1M tokens

Analysis Summary

GPT-6 Luna is OpenAI's value-tier model in this lineup, with measured intelligence of 37.3 and a listed 1.05-million-token context. Vision, tool use, and function calling broaden its usefulness beyond text generation, especially for workflows that combine document analysis with structured actions. The supplied data does not include coding-specific or agentic benchmark results, so those areas need task-level validation.

For an agency, Luna is a practical candidate for high-volume content operations, SEO support, and long-document review where cost control matters. Its large context and multimodal inputs can reduce the need to split source material into smaller requests. More complex or high-stakes work should still be tested against stronger measured models.

Listed pricing is $0.10 input and $0.50 output. It is well suited to routine production traffic and supervised tool workflows, with escalation to a premium model when a task needs deeper reasoning.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

GPT-6 Luna offers measured strong reasoning, a 1.05M-token context, vision, and tool use at low listed prices, positioning it well for high-volume document and content workflows.

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DFO Verdict

GPT-6 Luna offers measured strong reasoning, a 1.05M-token context, vision, and tool use at low listed prices, positioning it well for high-volume document and content workflows.

#33 of 697 overall Down 2 this week

Benchmarks

Intelligence Index 38.1 #33 of 435 · Artificial Analysis
Coding Index Not published yet Artificial Analysis
Agentic Index Not published yet Artificial Analysis
Creative Writing 1,403 #64 of 64 · Arena rating
Instruction Following 1,448 #46 of 65 · Arena rating

Artificial Analysis data refreshed Oct 8, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 2, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control.

Artificial Analysis has not published coding or agentic results for OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna yet. Until it does, the model sits below tested models on the Coding and AI Agents lists.

How OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna compares

OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna ranks #33 of 435 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 1.1M-token context window is larger than 98% of the models we list. At $0.10 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 65% of comparable models.

Position in the field
DFO score: ahead of 95% of models #33
Speed: faster than 66% of models #114
Price: cheaper than 65% of models #243
Context: larger than 98% of models #11
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna $0.10 in $0.50 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 $2.00 in $10.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.10 $0.000100
Output $0.50 $0.000500

What would OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$0.792/mo OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna $0.0003 per request
$31.68/mo Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $0.01 per request
$15.84/mo Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 · best value $0.0053 per request

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About OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna

GPT-6 Luna is the fast, cost-efficient model in OpenAI's GPT-6 series, positioned below GPT-6 Sol. It is suited for high-volume and latency-sensitive workloads such as chat, classification, and lightweight agentic..

Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna

How much does OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna cost?

OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna?

OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna has a context window of 1,050,000 tokens (1.1M).

What can OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna do?

OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna?

OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna is developed by OpenAI and was released on September 22, 2026.

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