GPT-6 Luna Pro vs Nova Lite 1.0
Prices checked
GPT-6 Luna Pro takes 3 of 5 rounds against Nova Lite 1.0. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.40 per million tokens against $0.42.
OpenAIWins 3 roundsGPT-6 Luna Pro
1.1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.40/M tokensOpenAI's own price · 4.5¢ per 1,000 pages
Nova Lite 1.0
300k context · tool calling · reads images
$0.42/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · 5¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.05/M
$0.06/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.25/M
$0.24/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
none below the maker
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.40/M
$0.42/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
4.5¢
5¢
Context
1.1M tokens
300k tokens
Open weights
not published
not published
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
no
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
22 Sept 2026
5 Dec 2024
Providers selling it
7
6
Price we measure against
the maker's own
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
NanoGPT$0.31 / $0.42
Kilo Gateway$0.80 / $0.42
Nous Portal$0.80 / $0.42
OpenRouter$0.80 / $0.42
GPT-6 Luna Pro, then Nova Lite 1.0, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- NanoGPT · 100% dearer · $0.10 / 1¢ 5¢ / 0.5¢
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Luna Pro or Nova Lite 1.0?
- GPT-6 Luna Pro, at $0.40 per million tokens against $0.42 for Nova Lite 1.0, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 29 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GPT-6 Luna Pro: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.40 is the number to beat. Nova Lite 1.0: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.42 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- GPT-6 Luna Pro, at 1.1M tokens against 300k.
Prices exclude tax, read 29 Sept 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.