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AI models · OpenAI

GPT-6 Luna

“Our most efficient model for focused, high-volume tasks.” OpenAI, in its own words

  • $0.10 / $0.50per million tokens in / out, the maker's price
  • 1Mtokens it reads at once
  • 156.3Epoch Capabilities Index, #27 of the models Epoch scores
The facts

GPT-6 Luna at a glance.

From OpenAI's own pages, read Oct 20, 2026, so company-reported. A token is a word or part of a word. Prices can change; check the maker's page before you build on them.

Made by
OpenAIBased in US
What it is for
“Our most efficient model for focused, high-volume tasks.”OpenAI API docs: Models, Oct 20, 2026 · in OpenAI's words
Reads at once
1M tokensIts context window: how much text it can take in one go
Takes in
text, image
Download
No, online only
Price for developers

$0.10per million tokens in$0.50per million tokens out

Cached input $0.01, cache writes $0.125. Prompts over 272K input tokens are billed at 2x the input and cache rates and 1.5x the output rate for the whole request. Long-context column: $0.20 in / $0.02 cached / $0.75 out.

OpenAI API docs: Pricing, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Independent tests

Where it ranks.

Its position on each of the 21 tests the models page uses, by testers other than the maker. Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown under their open licenses; for LMArena, Scale and Vals we give the position and link to their own leaderboard. Each list is a snapshot with its date.

All-round
TestRankScore
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026#27156.3range 153.91 to 158.75
Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026#19On Vals AI
Coding
TestRankScore
LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026Not in the top 16
Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
Writing and conversation
TestRankScore
LMArena textLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena creative writingLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
MultiChallengeScale AI, Feb 3, 2026Not in the top 15
Agents and computer use
TestRankScore
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#19On LMArena
Remote Labor IndexScale AINot in the top 16
Terminal-Bench 4.0Vals AI, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
CUA-bench (games)Vals AI, Oct 13, 2026Not in the top 9
Math and science
TestRankScore
LMArena mathLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not in the top 20
Humanity's Last ExamScale AINot in the top 17
ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026Not in the top 20
Images and documents
TestRankScore
LMArena visionLMArena, Oct 19, 2026Not in the top 20
LMArena documentsLMArena, Sep 13, 2026Not in the top 20
More exam questions
TestRankScore
GPQA DiamondVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
MMMU ProVals AI, Sep 1, 2026Not in the top 20
Sticking to the facts
TestRankScore
Vectara hallucination testVectara, Oct 16, 2026Not in our copy of the list

“Not in the top” means it isn't among the models in our copy of that list, which runs to the position shown; it may not have been tested. Vectara's test ranks by how rarely a model adds facts, so lower is better. Positions can be shared when scores tie. Epoch's range is its margin of uncertainty. Epoch AI and Vectara data: CC BY 4.0 and Apache-2.0.

For people, not developers

What ChatGPT costs.

OpenAI's chat app, priced by the month in US dollars on its own pages. Which plans include GPT-6 Luna is on OpenAI's pages.

Every chat app's plans
ChatGPT
PlanA month
FreeFree
Go$8
Plus$20
Pro 100$100
Pro 200$200
Pro 500$500
BusinessNot shown

OpenAI: ChatGPT pricing page, Oct 20, 2026 · company-reported

Our note: Max output 128,000 tokens; knowledge cutoff May 18, 2026. ChatGPT pricing page lists GPT-6 Luna on the Free and Go plans.