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GPT-5.6 Luna is OpenAI’s proprietary AI model, released Jul 9, 2026. It costs $0.20/M input and $1.20/M output tokens, and handles a 1.1M-token context window. Its strongest use case is math, where it ranks in the 80th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

GPT-5.6 Luna is a fast, cost-efficient model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series.

Context
1.1M
Input
$0.20 / 1M
Output
$1.20 / 1M
Released
Jul 9, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atMath top 20%Coding top 31%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GPT-5.6 Luna lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

62.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
62nd percentile of tracked models
69.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
69th percentile of tracked models
51.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
51st percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

7 evals
ARC-AGI88.0%

Abstract visual reasoning

ARC-AGI-259.5%

Harder abstract reasoning

GPQA Diamond91.6%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam39.5%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleBench46.8%

Common-sense trick questions

SimpleQA Verified41.0%

Factual accuracy & hallucination

WeirdML60.9%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

2 evals
SciCode53.6%

Scientific research coding

WebDev Arena1519

Human-rated web development

Math

1 evals
AIME 2024/202598.3%

Olympiad-qualifier math

Agentic & Tools

1 evals
APEX43.0%

Multi-step agentic tasks

In the news

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Changelog

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  • GPT-5.6 Luna: cheapest credible provider via Azure now $1.2 per 1M output tokens (was $1.32, -9%)cheapest provider · Aug 12, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Luna: cheapest credible provider via Azure now $0.2 per 1M input tokens (was $0.22, -9%)cheapest provider · Aug 12, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Luna: Humanity's Last Exam improved from 37.2% to 39.5% (+6%)benchmark · Aug 6, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Luna: cheapest credible provider via Amazon Bedrock now $0.22 per 1M input tokens (was $1, -78%)cheapest provider · Aug 1, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Luna: cheapest credible provider via Amazon Bedrock now $1.32 per 1M output tokens (was $6, -78%)cheapest provider · Aug 1, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Luna: vendor list price cut from $1 to $0.2 per 1M input tokens (-80%)list price · Aug 1, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Luna: vendor list price cut from $6 to $1.2 per 1M output tokens (-80%)list price · Aug 1, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Luna (OpenAI) added to the tracker.tracked · Jul 9, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is GPT-5.6 Luna?

GPT-5.6 Luna is a fast, cost-efficient model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series.

Who created GPT-5.6 Luna?

GPT-5.6 Luna is an AI model developed by OpenAI, part of the GPT family, released Jul 9, 2026.

How much does GPT-5.6 Luna cost?

GPT-5.6 Luna's list price from OpenAI is $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens.

What is GPT-5.6 Luna's context window?

GPT-5.6 Luna supports a context window of up to 1.1M tokens.

How does GPT-5.6 Luna perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GPT-5.6 Luna scores 98.3% on AIME 2024/2025, 91.6% on GPQA Diamond, 53.6% on SciCode.

Is GPT-5.6 Luna open source?

GPT-5.6 Luna is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Oct 6, 2026.