Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-5.6 Luna

A side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 Luna: input/output pricing, capabilities and available endpoints, served live from AI中转站. Both are reachable with the same API key.

Pricing comparison

ItemClaude Opus 4.8GPT-5.6 Luna
Input (per 1M tokens)$4.5$0.65
Output (per 1M tokens)$22.5$3.9
Cache read (per 1M tokens)$0.45$0.065
Cache write 5m (per 1M tokens)$5.625$0.8125

Specifications

ItemClaude Opus 4.8GPT-5.6 Luna
Context window1,000,000922,000
Max output128,000128,000

Capability comparison

ItemClaude Opus 4.8GPT-5.6 Luna
function_callingYesYes
prompt_cachingYesYes
visionYesYes

Which should you pick

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT-5.6 Luna?

On input, GPT-5.6 Luna is cheaper ($4.5 vs $0.65 per 1M tokens). On output, GPT-5.6 Luna is cheaper ($22.5 vs $3.9 per 1M tokens). All prices are per million tokens in USD.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT-5.6 Luna?

Claude Opus 4.8 does — Claude Opus 4.8 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens and GPT-5.6 Luna accepts 922,000.

What can Claude Opus 4.8 do that GPT-5.6 Luna cannot?

both support function_calling, prompt_caching, vision.

Can I switch between Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 Luna without changing my code?

Yes. Both are available on AI中转站 through one API key and the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint — switching means changing the model field from "claude-opus-4-8" to "gpt-5.6-luna", nothing else.

Both are available on AI中转站 under one API key — switching between them means changing the model field and nothing else, so you can use each where it fits rather than picking one.

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