OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro vs Google: Gemini Pro Latest
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | Google: Gemini Pro Latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | openai | |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.20/M | $2.00/M |
| Output Price | $1.20/M | $10.00/M |
| Context Window | 1,050,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | ✓ |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, GPT-5.6 Luna Pro costs $0.50 and Gemini Pro Latest costs $4.50, so GPT-5.6 Luna Pro is about 9.0 times cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,050,000 and 1,048,576 tokens, about 1,575 and 1,573 pages.
Only Gemini Pro Latest offers audio input and video input.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, GPT-5.6 Luna Pro scores higher on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
GPT-5.6 Luna Pro was released in July 2026 and Gemini Pro Latest in April 2026.
Pick GPT-5.6 Luna Pro if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores; pick Gemini Pro Latest if you need audio input or video input.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | Google: Gemini Pro Latest |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 132 |
| Code Completion | 131 | 117 |
| Code Documentation | 131 | 129 |
| Regex Writing | 119 | 117 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 132 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 121 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 118 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 136 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 123 | 113 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 120 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →