Codestral (latest) vs GPT-5.6 Luna.
model vs model · prices as of
Codestral (latest) and GPT-5.6 Luna split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Mistral AICodestral (latest)
$1.80/M tokens
Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.234 per 1,000 pages
256k context · tool calling · open weights
OpenAIGPT-5.6 Luna
$1.80/M tokens
OpenAI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.192 per 1,000 pages
1.1M context · tool calling · reads images
List price in (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$0.20/M
List price out (lower wins)
$0.90/M
$1.20/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
none below list
Standard price (lower wins)
$1.80/M
$1.80/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.234
$0.192
Context
256k tokens
1.1M tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
not stated
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
29 May 2024
9 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
15
43
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 14
Azure AI Foundry$1.80 / $1.80
Kilo Gateway$1.80 / $1.80
LLM Gateway$1.80 / $1.80
LLMTR$1.80 / $1.80
Merge Gateway$1.80 / $1.80
NanoGPT$1.80 / $1.80
Nous Portal$1.80 / $1.80
OpenRouter$1.80 / $1.80
Codestral (latest) then GPT-5.6 Luna, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 14
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What moved in the last seven days
- Codestral (latest)
Cortecs$0.35 / $1.04 $0.38 / $1.1410% dearer · - Codestral (latest)Nous Portal$0.24 / $0.72 $0.30 / $0.9025% dearer ·
- GPT-5.6 LunaNous Portal$0.16 / $0.96 $0.20 / $1.2025% dearer ·
- GPT-5.6 Luna
Requesty$0.20 / $1.20 $0.22 / $1.3210% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Codestral (latest) or GPT-5.6 Luna?
- Codestral (latest), at $1.80 per million tokens against $1.80 for GPT-5.6 Luna, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Codestral (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.80 is the number to beat. GPT-5.6 Luna: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.80 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 14 providers sell both: Azure AI Foundry, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, NanoGPT, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Azure AI Foundry.
- Which holds more context?
- GPT-5.6 Luna, at 1.1M tokens against 256k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.