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What are the alternatives to GPT-5.6 Luna?

GPT-5.6 Luna ranks 44 of 94 in the overall index and costs $0.45 per million tokens.

Muse Ember 1.0: Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 93.8) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $0.45 per million tokens).

MiMo V2.6 Flash: Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 93.8) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $0.45 per million tokens.

Alternatives
4
Overall index rank
44
Data as of
Nov 10, 2026

The alternatives by reason

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  • Stronger, not much pricier

    Muse Ember 1.0

    Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 93.8) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $0.45 per million tokens).

    Overall index
    110.4
    Price (3:1)
    $0.20
    Speed
    n/a

    Rank 14 · Middle group

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  • Similar strength, cheaper

    MiMo V2.6 Flash

    Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 93.8) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $0.45 per million tokens.

    Overall index
    97.3
    Price (3:1)
    $0.18
    Speed
    38

    Rank 38 · Middle group

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  • With open weights

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

    The best model with open weights, stronger: 106.7 vs. 93.8 in the overall index.

    Overall index
    106.7
    Price (3:1)
    $0.26
    Speed
    126

    Rank 20 · Middle group

    Head to head: GPT-5.6 Luna vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Open the profile

  • The successor

    GPT-6 Luna

    The successor to GPT-5.6 Luna. Overall index 95.8 vs. 93.8.

    Overall index
    95.8
    Price (3:1)
    $0.20
    Speed
    77

    Rank 40 · Middle group

    Head to head: GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 LunaOpen the profile

The models around GPT-5.6 Luna

The nearest generally available models by overall index, with rank, price and speed. Models with limited access and retired models are left out.
RankModelOverall indexPrice (3:1)Speed
39Step 5 Preview97.1$1.4365
40GPT-6 Luna95.8$0.2077
41Claude Opus 4.795.1$1057
42Grok 4.594.8$352
43GLM-5.3-Flash94.3$0.24101
44GPT-5.6 Lunathis model93.8$0.45123
45Claude Sonnet 592.1$477
46Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview91.4$4.5096

Price in dollars per million tokens, mixed from 3 parts input and 1 part output. Speed in tokens per second.

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