GPT-5.6 Luna vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

openai · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.20
Output / 1M
$1.20
AA index
37.3
proprietary · 1.0M context
google · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.75
Output / 1M
$3.75
AA index
34
proprietary · 1M context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification GPT-5.6 Luna Gemini 3.6 Flash
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 1,050,000 1,048,576
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $0.20 $0.75
API output price / 1M tokens $1.20 $3.75
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $1.40 $4.50
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.02 $0.075
AA Intelligence Index 37.3 34
AA Coding Index 71.4 69.2
AA Agentic Index 42.1 29
Max output tokens 128,000 65,536
API providers 3 2
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

GPT-5.6 Luna $1.40
Gemini 3.6 Flash $4.50

GPT-5.6 Luna is 3.2× cheaper at list price.

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