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GPT-6 Luna vs Claude Haiku 5.5

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Spec GPT-6 Luna Claude Haiku 5.5
Developer OpenAI Anthropic
Released September 22, 2026 October 7, 2026
Status Current Current
Inputs Text, Images Text, Images
Context window 1.1M tokens 1M tokens
Input price / 1M tokens $0.10 $0.10
Output price / 1M tokens $0.50 $0.50
Open weights No No
Access OpenAI API Claude apps, Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry, Claude Platform on AWS

GPT-6 Luna in brief

GPT-6 Luna specs and pricing: OpenAI's lowest-cost GPT-6 model (September 2026) at $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens with a 1.05M-token context window.

  • Very low price
  • Fast responses
  • Same ~1.05M-token context as the rest of the GPT-6 family

Claude Haiku 5.5 in brief

Claude Haiku 5.5 specs and pricing: Anthropic's fastest model (October 2026), from $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens with a 1M-token context, vs GPT-6 Luna.

  • Fastest model in Anthropic's lineup
  • From $0.10 / $0.50 per million tokens
  • 1M-token context and 128K output
  • Adaptive thinking with adjustable effort

GPT-6 Luna or Claude Haiku 5.5: which should you choose?

GPT-6 Luna is best for:

  • Classification, extraction and routing at scale
  • Chat features in consumer apps
  • Sub-agents inside larger agent systems

Claude Haiku 5.5 is best for:

  • Classification
  • extraction and routing at scale
  • Sub-agents inside larger agent systems
  • Latency-sensitive features in apps

For most teams the best test is your own workload: run the same 20–50 real prompts through both models and compare quality, speed and cost. Benchmarks published by labs use different settings and rarely match everyday use.

Frequently asked questions

Which has a bigger context window?

GPT-6 Luna can take in up to 1.1M tokens at once, versus 1M for Claude Haiku 5.5.

Are GPT-6 Luna and Claude Haiku 5.5 open source?

GPT-6 Luna is closed: you use it through its developer’s apps or API. Claude Haiku 5.5 is closed: you use it through its developer’s apps or API.

Which model is newer?

Claude Haiku 5.5 was released later, on October 7, 2026.

Sources

  1. OpenAI API models — OpenAI
  2. Claude Haiku 5.5 (model overview) — Anthropic
  3. Claude models overview — Anthropic

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