GPT-5.6 Luna API

openai/gpt-5.6-luna
GPT-5.6 Luna is a chat and code model from OpenAI. It handles text, image, and file input with text output, and offers a 1,050,000-token context window with reasoning, function calling, vision, and structured outputs. Its 128,000-token output limit suits long, detailed responses.
Context
1M tokens
Input
$0.26 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.56 / 1M tokens
Released
Jul 9, 2026

How to use GPT-5.6 Luna API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to openai/gpt-5.6-luna.

import requests

r = requests.post(
   "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
   headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
   json={
     "model": "openai/gpt-5.6-luna",
     "messages": [
       {
         "role": "user",
         "content": "Hello!"
       }
     ]
   },
)
print(r.json())

const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
 method: "POST",
 headers: {
   Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
   "Content-Type": "application/json",
 },
 body: JSON.stringify({
   "model": "openai/gpt-5.6-luna",
   "messages": [
     {
       "role": "user",
       "content": "Hello!"
     }
   ]
 }),
});
console.log(await r.json());

curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"model":"openai/gpt-5.6-luna","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

GPT-5.6 Luna API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.26 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.56 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.026 / 1M tokens

Prompt caching: cache reads get a 90% discount, cache writes are billed at 1.25x input rate. Free credits on signup.

GPT-5.6 Luna Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
Intelligence
37.5
Composite score across standardised reasoning, knowledge and problem-solving evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026
Coding
71.4
Composite score across standardised coding evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026

GPT-5.6 Luna vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
GPT-5.6 Luna
This page
$0.26 / 1M tokens
$1.56 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Fast, high-volume tasks
$2.275 / 1M tokens
$18.2 / 1M tokens
400K tokens
Reasoning + agents
$0.65 / 1M tokens
$3.9 / 1M tokens
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$1.3754 / 1M tokens
$6.5 / 1M tokens
200K tokens
Chat + assistants
$0.39 / 1M tokens
$1.56 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

GPT-5.6 Luna has a 1,050,000 tokens context window and can return up to 128,000 tokens.

GPT-5.6 Luna takes text, image, file in as input and returns text out.

Use openai/gpt-5.6-luna as the model id.

GPT-5.6 Luna became available on July 9, 2026.

GPT-5.6 Luna is priced at input $0.26 / 1M tokens, output $1.56 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.026 / 1M tokens.

Yes, GPT-5.6 Luna can stream responses as they are generated.

Yes, GPT-5.6 Luna accepts image input alongside text.

GPT-5.6 Luna was built by OpenAI.

It is a chat and code model with reasoning, vision, and tool-calling capabilities, making it suitable for conversational and coding tasks that require structured output.

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