Beam 1.0 501B A23B vs GPT-5.6 Luna
Prices checked
Beam 1.0 501B A23B and GPT-5.6 Luna split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
1M context · tool calling · open weights
$0.44/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · $0.21 per 1,000 pages
OpenAIGPT-5.6 Luna
1.1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.45/M tokensOpenAI's own price · $0.19 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.25/M
$0.20/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$1/M
$1.20/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.44/M
$0.45/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.21
$0.19
Context
1M tokens
1.1M tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
5 Oct 2026
9 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
11
51
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
Kilo Gateway$0.44 / $0.45
Nous Portal$0.44 / $0.45
OpenRouter$0.44 / $0.45
Eden AI$0.60 / $0.49
Beam 1.0 501B A23B, then GPT-5.6 Luna, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
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$0.70 / $4.20 $0.20 / $1.20- Kilo Gateway · 3% dearer · $0.25 / $1 $0.24 / $0.98
- Nous Portal · 3% dearer · $0.25 / $1 $0.24 / $0.98
Phala (RedPill) · 40% cheaper · $0.20 / $1.20 $0.40 / $1.80- OpenRouter · 8% cheaper · $0.25 / $1 $0.30 / $1
AI/ML API · 23% cheaper ·
$0.20 / $1.20 $0.26 / $1.56
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Beam 1.0 501B A23B or GPT-5.6 Luna?
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B, at $0.44 per million tokens against $0.45 for GPT-5.6 Luna, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.44 is the number to beat. GPT-5.6 Luna: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.45 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- GPT-5.6 Luna, at 1.1M tokens against 1M.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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