Models

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 vs GPT 5.6 Luna

Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 from Google and GPT 5.6 Luna from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025
Google · text, image, video, audio → text

This latest 2.5 Flash model comes with improvements in two key areas we heard consistent feedback on: Better agentic tool use: We've improved how the model uses tools, leading to better performance in more complex, agentic and multi-step applications. This model shows noticeable improvements on key agentic benchmarks, including a 5% gain on SWE-Bench Verified, compared to our last release (48.9% → 54%). More efficient: With thinking on, the model is now significantly more cost-efficient—achieving higher quality outputs while using fewer tokens, reducing latency and cost (see charts above).

Input$0.3 /M
Output$2.499 /M
Cache read$0.03 /M
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GPT 5.6 Luna
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5.6 Luna is designed for cost-sensitive, high-volume workloads. It roughly corresponds to the nano model tier used in earlier GPT-5 families.

Input$0.2 /M
Output$1.2 /M
Cache read$0.02 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025
GPT 5.6 Luna
Input /M
$0.3
$0.2
Output /M
$2.499
$1.2
Cache read /M
$0.03
$0.02
Context length
1,048,576
1,050,000
Max output
65,536
128,000
Time to First Token
0.4 s
5.1 s
Throughput
144.3 tok/s
47.6 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideoaudio
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsthinkingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · responses
Released
September 25, 2025
July 9, 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

GPT 5.6 Luna
$30.00 /mo
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025
$55.49 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025, GPT 5.6 Luna?

GPT 5.6 Luna: $1.2/M output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025: $2.499/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025: 0.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 accepts 1,048,576 and GPT 5.6 Luna accepts 1,050,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 and 128,000 tokens on GPT 5.6 Luna.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 at 144.3 tok/s and GPT 5.6 Luna at 47.6 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 accepts text, image, video and audio input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GPT 5.6 Luna accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, thinking and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 and GPT 5.6 Luna with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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