Codestral (latest) vs GPT-5.6 Luna
Prices checked
Codestral (latest) 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.
Mistral AICodestral (latest)
256k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.45/M tokensMistral AI's own price · $0.23 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)
$0.30/M
$0.20/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.90/M
$1.20/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.45/M
$0.45/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.23
$0.19
Context
256k tokens
1.1M tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
29 May 2024
9 Jul 2026
Providers selling it
17
51
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 · 16
Azure AI Foundry$0.45 / $0.45
Azure Cognitive Services$0.45 / $0.45
Kilo Gateway$0.45 / $0.45
LLM Gateway$0.45 / $0.45
LLMTR$0.45 / $0.45
Merge Gateway$0.45 / $0.45
NanoGPT$0.45 / $0.45
Nous Portal$0.45 / $0.45
Codestral (latest), then GPT-5.6 Luna, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 16.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Codestral (latest) or GPT-5.6 Luna?
- Codestral (latest), at $0.45 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?
- Codestral (latest): nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.45 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. 16 providers sell both: Azure AI Foundry, Azure Cognitive Services, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, 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, 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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