Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6 Luna vs GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6 Luna comes out ahead, 78 to 69 and 65 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5
65/100- ECI165.2
- Price$2.00 / $10.00
- Context1M
- Our pick
OpenAIGPT-6 Luna
78/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.50
- Context1.05M
- OpenAI
GPT-6.1 Sol
69/100- ECI—
- Price$2.00 / $10.00
- Context1.05M
GPT-6 Luna is our pick
GPT-6 Luna is the better all-round choice, scoring 78/100 against GPT-6.1 Sol (69) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (65). It leads on price. GPT-6.1 Sol wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because GPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityGPT-6.1 SolShared benchmarks: GPT-6.1 Sol 90.7% · Claude Sonnet 5.5 82.7% · GPT-6 Luna 77.4%
- Lowest priceGPT-6 LunaGPT-6 Luna $0.20 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 $4.00 · GPT-6.1 Sol $4.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 SolGPT-6 Luna 1,050,000 · GPT-6.1 Sol 1,050,000 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsClaude Sonnet 5.5: Text, Images, PDFs · GPT-6 Luna: Text, Images, PDFs · GPT-6.1 Sol: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | GPT-6 Luna | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 50% | 83 | 77 | 91 |
| Price | 25% | 21 | 83 | 21 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 61 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 65/100 | 78/100 | 69/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic | GPT-6 LunaOpenAI | GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 165.2 | — | — |
| ECI rank | #3 of 148 | — | — |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 95.6% (best) | 90.5% | 95.4% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 88.8% | 79.0% | 93.7% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 100% (best) | 98.9% | 100% (best) |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 46.5% | 41.4% | 73.9% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $2.00 | $0.10 (best) | $2.00 |
| Output | $10.00 | $0.50 (best) | $10.00 |
| Cached input | $0.20 | $0.01 (best) | $0.10 |
| Blended (3:1) | $4.00 | $0.20 (best) | $4.00 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 272K: $0.20 / $0.75 | Over 272K: $4.00 / $15.00 |
| Price source | Official Anthropic API | Official OpenAI API | Official OpenAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,050,000 tokens (best) | 1,050,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | claude-sonnet-5-5 | gpt-6-luna | gpt-6.1-sol |
| API providers | 23 | 24 (best) | 21 |
| Released | Sep 28, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jun 2026 | May 18, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 |
What would a month cost?
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- Claude Sonnet 5.5$40.00
- GPT-6 Luna$2.00
- GPT-6.1 Sol$40.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6 Luna or GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6 Luna is the better all-round choice, scoring 78/100 against GPT-6.1 Sol (69) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (65). It leads on price. GPT-6.1 Sol wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because GPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6 Luna or GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6 Luna is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); GPT-6.1 Sol costs $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for GPT-6 Luna versus $4.00 for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (20× as much) and $4.00 for GPT-6.1 Sol (20× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified): GPT-6.1 Sol 90.7%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 82.7% and GPT-6 Luna 77.4%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Sonnet 5.5 95.6%, GPT-6.1 Sol 95.4%, GPT-6 Luna 90.5%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-6.1 Sol 93.7%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 88.8%, GPT-6 Luna 79.0%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Claude Sonnet 5.5 100%, GPT-6.1 Sol 100%, GPT-6 Luna 98.9%; SimpleQA Verified — GPT-6.1 Sol 73.9%, Claude Sonnet 5.5 46.5%, GPT-6 Luna 41.4%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-6.1 Sol leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol have the largest context windows (1,050,000 and 1,050,000 tokens), against 1,000,000 for Claude Sonnet 5.5. Maximum output per response: Claude Sonnet 5.5 up to 128,000, GPT-6 Luna up to 128,000, GPT-6.1 Sol up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; GPT-6 Luna accepts text, images and PDFs; GPT-6.1 Sol accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
No. Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
GPT-6.1 Sol is the newest, released Sep 29, 2026. Claude Sonnet 5.5 came out Sep 28, 2026; GPT-6 Luna came out Sep 22, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Sonnet 5.5 Jun 2026, GPT-6 Luna May 18, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol Apr 30, 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
