OpenAI GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- GPT-6 Luna accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 41K tokens.
- GPT-6 Luna is the newer model (released 2026-09-22).
| GPT-6 Luna | Qwen3 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2025-04-28 |
| Input / 1M | $0.10 | $0.12 |
| Output / 1M | $0.50 | $0.50 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.01 | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.20 | $0.215 |
| Context | 1M | 41K |
| Max output | 128K | 16K |
| Accepts | text, image, file | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 7 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.50 | $0.50 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | 1589 ±92 | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
GPT-6 Luna
$13.50 per month$0.45 per day
Qwen3 30B A3B
$14.70 per month$0.49 per day
GPT-6 Luna saves $1.20 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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