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GPT-5.6 Luna vs Grok 4.6

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 GPT-5.6 Luna Grok 4.6
Input cost / 1M $0.20 $2.00
Output cost / 1M $1.20 $6.00
Context window 1,050,000 tokens 500,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

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

GPT-5.6 Luna

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

Grok 4.6

Input: 1M × $2.00 = $2.00
Output: 1M × $6.00 = $6.00
Total
$8.00

Total cost savings

$6.60

GPT-5.6 Luna saves $6.60 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. Grok 4.6 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); GPT-5.6 Luna handles routine traffic.

Premium model

Grok 4.6

$2.00 in · $6.00 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

Grok 4.6

$400.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%GPT-5.6 Luna

Grok 4.6

$136.00

Routine slice
$56.00
Premium slice
$80.00

Monthly savings

$264.00

66% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (grok-4-6, 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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