Compare GPT 4.1 Mini from OpenAI 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.
GPT 4.1 MiniGPT 5.6 LunaLightweight, high-performance model with million-token context and near-flagship-level encoding and image understanding capabilities, while reducing costs by 83%. It is suitable for rapid development and small to medium-sized applications. The automatic caching mechanism provides a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.
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.
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
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GPT 5.6 Luna: $1.2/M output tokens; GPT 4.1 Mini: $1.6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
GPT 4.1 Mini: 0.7s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
GPT 4.1 Mini accepts 1,047,576 and GPT 5.6 Luna accepts 1,050,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 32,768 tokens on GPT 4.1 Mini and 128,000 tokens on GPT 5.6 Luna.
GPT 4.1 Mini at 58.0 tok/s and GPT 5.6 Luna at 47.2 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
GPT 4.1 Mini accepts text, image and PDF input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; GPT 5.6 Luna accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, thinking and structured outputs.
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