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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic) and GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) (OpenAI). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Sep 5, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC · refreshed hourly

Claude Haiku 4.5

Anthropic

GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)

OpenAI

Pricing
Input $/1M$1.00$0.10
Output $/1M$5.00$0.60
Blended $/1M (3:1)$2.00$0.225
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.04$0.0042
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index22.543.4
Coding Index43.971.4
Agentic Index10.442.9
Output speed (tok/s)110
Time to first token102.39s
Specs
Context window200K1.05M
Input modalitiestext, image, filefile, image, text

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)?

GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) has the lower blended API price at $0.225 per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $2.00 for the other model. Prices are live from OpenRouter and refresh about hourly.

Which is better for RAG workloads?

For a typical RAG request (30K input / 2K output tokens), GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) costs about $0.0042 per request versus $0.04. Also compare context windows: Claude Haiku 4.5 offers 200K and GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) offers 1.05M.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (43.4 vs 22.5). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.