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OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-04.

OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)
Vendoropenaiopenai
Quality Score100100
Benchmark Score63.863.8
Input Price$0.10/M$0.05/M
Output Price$0.50/M$0.25/M
Context Window1,050,0001,050,000
Max Output128,000128,000
Tool Calling✓✓
Structured Output✓✓
Reasoning Mode✓✓
Vision✓✓
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Benchmark Scores
ai_index62.962.9

The verdict

For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, GPT-6 Luna (batch) costs $0.11 and GPT-6 Luna costs $0.23, so GPT-6 Luna (batch) is about 2.0 times cheaper for the same work.

Both read up to 1,050,000 tokens at once, roughly 1,575 pages of text.

Across the 4 tasks where they differ, GPT-6 Luna (batch) on 4 (Code Completion, Code Documentation, Bulk Data Labeling and others).

Pick GPT-6 Luna (batch) if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.

Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.

Who wins by task?

TaskOpenAI: GPT-6 LunaOpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)
Code Completion 133 133
Code Documentation 137 137
Bulk Data Labeling 129 129
Short-Form Summarization 127 127

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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