This model was retired on 2028-01-11. The pricing below is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

GPT-5.6 LunaDeprecated

OpenAIReleasedJul 9, 2026KnowledgeFeb 2026
VisionTool useReasoningPrompt cachingStructured outputWeb search
Context
922K
Max output
128K
Serving providers
3
Cheapest input
$0.20 /1M
Prices are on-demand list rates. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: ARC Prize and Artificial Analysis
Speed & latency
Output speed
127 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
138.71s
latency
Headline indices
Intelligence Index
52.3
of 100
Coding Index
71.4
of 100
Agentic Index
46.9
of 100
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
APEX Agents36%default
ARC-AGI-260%max$0.670
Automation Bench0.4default
CritPt21%xhigh
GDPval1578.3default
GPQA Diamond91%default
Harvey Lab0.9default
Humanity's Last Exam39%default
IT-Bench SRE40%default
Long-Context Reasoning78%default
Mlcr Overall0.2default
MMMU-Pro79%default
Omniscience-10.3default
Omniscience Accuracy0.4default
Omniscience Non Hallucination0.3reasoning: false
SciCode53%default
TerminalBench v2.181%default
τ-bench Banking31%default

Pricing detail

cost beyond the standard rate · source: models.dev
Long context (>200K)
$2.00 / $9.00
input / output · per 1M

Pricing by serving provider

last-known · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
Azure$0.20$1.201
OpenAI$0.20$1.201
OpenRouter$0.20$1.201

Price history

input + output $/1M since we started tracking
Input Output
Input down 80% since first tracked
$0.000$2.00$4.00$6.00Jul 10Jul 19Aug 5Aug 28$1.20$0.200

Cost calculator

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$136
estimated / month

Model IDs

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azure/gpt-5.6-lunagpt-5.6-lunaopenai/gpt-5.6-luna

Frequently asked questions

GPT-5.6 Luna pricing, context and availability

Is GPT-5.6 Luna still available?

GPT-5.6 Luna was retired on 2028-01-11. The pricing on this page is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

How much did GPT-5.6 Luna cost?

GPT-5.6 Luna's last-known pricing, before it was retired on 2028-01-11, was $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens.

What was the context window of GPT-5.6 Luna?

GPT-5.6 Luna had a 922K token context window and could return up to 128K output tokens.

What could GPT-5.6 Luna do?

GPT-5.6 Luna supported image input (vision), tool use, reasoning, prompt caching, structured output and web search.

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