GPT-5 mini (High) vs GPT-6 Luna (Medium)
Which is better for the money: GPT-5 mini (High) by OpenAI or GPT-6 Luna (Medium) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6 Luna (Medium)
GPT-6 Luna (Medium) vs GPT-5 mini (High): 78.0% more intelligence, 83.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 86.0% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | GPT-5 mini (High) | GPT-6 Luna (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.8 | 29.9 | +78.0% GPT-6 Luna (Medium) is 78.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $188.66 | $31.17 | −83.5% GPT-6 Luna (Medium) is 83.5% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 58.72s | 8.25s | −86.0% GPT-6 Luna (Medium) is 86.0% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.25 / $2.00 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GPT-5 mini (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
- GPT-6 Luna (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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