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GLM-5.3 vs GPT-5.6 Luna

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric GLM-5.3 GPT-5.6 Luna
Input cost / 1M $1.40 $0.20
Output cost / 1M $4.40 $1.20
Context window 1,048,576 tokens 1,050,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

GLM-5.3

Input: 1M × $1.40 = $1.40
Output: 1M × $4.40 = $4.40
Total
$5.80

GPT-5.6 Luna

Input: 1M × $0.20 = $0.20
Output: 1M × $1.20 = $1.20
Total
$1.40

Total cost savings

$4.40

GPT-5.6 Luna saves $4.40 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. GLM-5.3 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); GPT-5.6 Luna handles routine traffic.

Premium model

GLM-5.3

$1.40 in · $4.40 out / 1M

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Economical model

GPT-5.6 Luna

$0.20 in · $1.20 out / 1M

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All premium

GLM-5.3

$290.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%GPT-5.6 Luna

GLM-5.3

$114.00

Routine slice
$56.00
Premium slice
$58.00

Monthly savings

$176.00

60.7% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (glm-5-3, gpt-5-6-luna) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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