OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna

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Author's Description

GPT-5.6 Luna is a fast, cost-efficient model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series. It is suited for high-volume, latency-sensitive tasks such as chat, classification, and lightweight agentic workflows, providing capable reasoning for...

Key Specifications
Cost
$$$$
Context
1M
Released
Jul 09, 2026
Speed
Ability
Reliability
Supported Parameters

This model supports the following parameters:

Include Reasoning Max Tokens Structured Outputs Tools Tool Choice Response Format Seed Reasoning
Features

This model supports the following features:

Response Format Tools Structured Outputs Reasoning
Performance Summary

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna, created on July 9, 2026, is positioned as a fast, cost-efficient model within the GPT-5.6 series, designed for high-volume, latency-sensitive tasks. It consistently performs among the fastest models, ranking in the 84th percentile across eight benchmarks, and offers competitive pricing, placing in the 40th percentile. Notably, GPT-5.6 Luna demonstrates exceptional reliability with a 100% success rate across all benchmarks, indicating minimal technical failures. The model exhibits strong performance across various categories. It achieves perfect accuracy in General Knowledge, making it the most accurate model at its price point and among models of comparable speed. In Coding, it boasts 95.0% accuracy, also standing out as the most accurate among models with similar speed. Reasoning and Mathematics benchmarks show robust performance with 90.0% and 94.0% accuracy respectively. While its Hallucinations accuracy is 98.0%, indicating a good ability to acknowledge uncertainty, there's a slight room for improvement. Instruction Following is solid at 81.0%, and Email Classification is strong at 98.0%. Ethics performance is also high at 99.0%. Overall, GPT-5.6 Luna's key strengths lie in its speed, reliability, and high accuracy in knowledge-based and coding tasks, making it well-suited for its intended applications.

Model Pricing

Current Pricing

Feature Price (per 1M tokens)
Prompt $1
Completion $6
Input Cache Read $0.1
Input Cache Write $1.25
Web Search $10000

Price History

Available Endpoints
Provider Endpoint Name Context Length Pricing (Input) Pricing (Output)
OpenAI
OpenAI | openai/gpt-5.6-luna-20260709 1M $1 / 1M tokens $6 / 1M tokens
OpenAI
OpenAI | openai/gpt-5.6-luna-20260709 1M $0.5 / 1M tokens $3 / 1M tokens
OpenAI
OpenAI | openai/gpt-5.6-luna-20260709 1M $2 / 1M tokens $12 / 1M tokens
Azure
Azure | openai/gpt-5.6-luna-20260709 1M $1 / 1M tokens $6 / 1M tokens
Azure
Azure | openai/gpt-5.6-luna-20260709 1M $1.1 / 1M tokens $6.6 / 1M tokens
Benchmark Results
Benchmark Category Reasoning Strategy Free Executions Accuracy Cost Duration
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