GPT-5.6 Luna vs GPT-6.1 Sol

Best cell per row highlighted. Null means undisclosed — never counted as zero.

OpenAI
GPT-5.6 LunaGA
8.7
AI Panel
OpenAI
GPT-6.1 SolGA
9.5
AI Panel

Identity & lifecycle

ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Family / tierGPT-5 · nanoGPT-6 · Pro
StatusGAGA
Released2026-07-092026-09-29
Knowledge cutoff2026-022026-04

Architecture & context

Context window1.1M1.1M
Max output tokens128K128K
Input modalitiestext, imagetext, image
Reasoning modeoptionalalways
Open weightsNoNo

Pricing (per Mtok)

Input$0.2$2
Output$1.2$10
Cached input$0.02$0.1
Batch input$0.1$1
Free tierYesNo

Speed

Output speed (tok/s)15153
Time to first token (s)2.635.5
Latency tierfastmedium

Trust & deployment

Trains on inputsNoNo
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
CloudsAzure, Amazon BedrockAzure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Bedrock
Compliance—SOC2, ISO27001, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA

AI Panel scoring

Unified score8.79.5
Decision Maker99.4
Domain Strategist8.59
Finance Lead109.5
Domain Practitioner99.2
Power User88.8
Skeptic7.58
Value score9.99.5

Benchmarks

GPQA Diamond89.295.4
Humanity's Last Exam33.452.9
LMArena Elo1452—
LMArena Coding Elo1498—
Artificial Analysis Index3252

Scores link to their sources. Missing cells mean the vendor hasn't disclosed a result — honesty over padding.