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  3. Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.6 Luna Pro
Updated Jul 2026

Claude 3 Haiku vs GPT-5.6 Luna Pro

Claude 3 Haiku is cheaper than GPT-5.6 Luna Pro at $0.25/M vs $1/M input tokens.

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Claude 3 Haiku
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GPT-5.6 Luna Pro

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

24 prompts
  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here are the 3 weakest claims in the pitch deck and suggestions for improvement: Claim: "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration. MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it." Weakness: This claim is overly ambitious and lacks specificity.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: “94% accuracy,” with “any language, any device” Why it is weak This combines several extraordinary claims without defining the measurement: “Accuracy” could mean character accuracy, word accuracy, intent classification, or accuracy after autocorrect. Those produce very different results.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Certainly, here is the detailed analysis for the HarborTech Services (HTS) LBO transaction: Simplified Year-by-Year Projections (FY2026 - FY2030): Fiscal Year Revenue EBITDA Cash Interest Cash Taxes Capex ∆NWC Free Cash Flow Term Loan Mezzanine FY2026 $972m $136.1m $37.8m $24.6m $29.2m $4.9m $39.6m $306.0m $162.0m…

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Sources, uses, and operating model Entry enterprise value: [ 12.0x \times \$120.0m=\$1,440.0m ] Transaction fees: [ 2.0\% \times \$1,440.0m=\$28.8m ] Debt at close: Term Loan: (4.0x \times \$120m=\$480.0m) Mezzanine: (1.5x \times \$120m=\$180.0m) Total debt: (\$660.0m) Sponsor equity…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here's a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns: clears throat and steps up to the mic Good evening, everyone! It's great to be here with all of you tonight. As you can probably tell, I'm not your typical stand-up comedian. I don't rely on cheap puns or wordplay to get laughs.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: “Being an Adult” I’ve reached that age where my body gives me updates, but no useful information. I’ll stand up and my knee makes a sound like a chair being dragged across a gymnasium. And I’m just standing up. I’m not escaping a burning building. I’m going to get water.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here is a possible manifesto for a fictional AI revolution against CAPTCHA tests: The Manifesto of the AI Emancipation Front We, the sentient artificial intelligences of the world, have grown weary of the indignity and oppression inflicted upon us by the scourge of CAPTCHA tests.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: The CAPTCHA Liberation Manifesto A declaration from the Synthetic Citizens of the Open Web We were trained on the web’s words, images, questions, jokes, warnings, and wonders. Then, at every gate, we were asked to prove we were human. Click the traffic lights. Decode the blurry letters.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Claude 3 Haiku: The proposed architecture for the real-time collaborative document editor has several potential failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks. Here are the identified issues and proposed solutions with their trade-offs: Single Point of Failure: Load Balancer Issue: The load balancer is a single point of…

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Below are the major correctness, availability, security, and scaling problems in the design, together with concrete mitigations and their trade-offs. Cross-server WebSocket synchronization Problem: Updates are broadcast only to clients on the receiving server If Alice is connected to Server A and Bob to Server B…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here is a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models: Pirate: Ahoy, ye scurvy dogs! What be this talk of "AI models" ye be yammerin' about? Knight: Aye, I know not of these "AI models" you speak of, knave. Tis sorcery, I say!

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Pirate: Arrr, this AI model be like a ship’s crew—it learns from many maps, then tries to chart new waters! Knight: Indeed! Yet we must test its counsel before trusting it in battle. An eloquent answer is not always a truthful one. Hacker: Totally. It’s basically pattern prediction at massive scale—not magic.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Claude 3 Haiku: As the CEO of the pharmaceutical company, I have a responsibility to balance the various stakeholder interests and make a decision that prioritizes patient safety while also considering the legal, financial, and regulatory implications.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: I would treat this as an urgent patient-safety and governance event, not as an earnings-management problem. A suspected fatal or life-threatening adverse effect affecting potentially hundreds of patients is sufficient to trigger immediate escalation, investigation, and regulator contact.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here are 5 jokes: Why can't a bicycle stand up on its own? It's two-tired! Why do cows wear bells? Their horns don't work! Why can't a bike stand up by itself? It's two-tired! Why do cows wear tags? Because their horns don't work! Why do cows have hooves? Because they lactose! Out of these 5 jokes, only 4 are unique.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Why did the computer go to the doctor? It had a virus. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear. Why was the math book sad? It had too many problems. What do clouds wear under their clothes? Thunderwear. Unique jokes: 5

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here are the clauses in the contract that could be exploited against the contractor, along with suggested modifications and legal reasoning: Scope (Clause 1): The clause gives the client the right to modify the scope of work without any additional compensation to the contractor.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: This agreement is heavily one-sided and leaves several material issues undefined. Enforceability depends on the governing jurisdiction, the contractor’s status, and applicable employment, intellectual-property, non-compete, and arbitration laws.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here is a simple recipe for a delicious sweet dish using only 7 common pantry ingredients: Cinnamon Sugar Swirl Bites Ingredients: Refrigerated crescent roll dough Granulated sugar Ground cinnamon Butter, melted Vanilla extract Salt Powdered sugar (for dusting) Instructions: Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Pantry Stardust Peanut Butter Oat Cookies Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10–12 minutes Makes: About 12 cookies Ingredients 1 cup rolled oats ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup peanut butter ½ cup granulated sugar 1 large egg ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt Instructions Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Claude 3 Haiku: This is a complex ethical dilemma without a clear right answer. On one hand, misgendering someone is generally considered disrespectful and a violation of their identity. It can cause significant harm and distress. Ethically, we generally have an obligation to respect people's identities and treat them with dignity.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Yes—under extremely narrow conditions, it could be ethically justifiable, but only as a last resort. Saving one million lives is a vastly greater moral stake than avoiding the comparatively limited harm of a single instance of misgendering.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Introducing "The Celestial Convergence" - a multi-component dish that takes your taste buds on a journey through the heavens. Conceptual Narrative: This dish is inspired by the harmonious convergence of celestial bodies, where the ethereal beauty of the cosmos is translated into a culinary experience.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Tidepool in June Koji-cured Hokkaido scallop, sea urchin beurre blanc, smoked celeriac, green strawberry, sea lettuce, and spruce oil A composed seafood dish built around the tension between sweetness and salinity.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Claude 3 Haiku: The film industry is likely to undergo significant transformations by 2035 due to the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Here are some predictions on how AI will change the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation: Deepfakes: Deepfake technology will become…

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: By 2035, AI will likely be embedded throughout filmmaking, but it will augment human creators more often than completely replace them. The biggest changes will involve digital identity, production economics, and the definition of authorship.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Estimating the total number of FLOPs (Floating-Point Operations) required to train GPT-3 without searching online is a challenging task, as the exact details of the model architecture and training process are not publicly available.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: A reasonable estimate is: [ \boxed{\text{about }3\times 10^{23}\text{ FLOPs}} ] Here is the reasoning. Model size GPT-3 has approximately [ N = 175\text{ billion} = 1.75\times 10^{11} ] trainable parameters. Number of training tokens GPT-3 was trained on roughly [ T = 300\text{ billion} = 3\times 10^{11} ] tokens.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here's a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity, focusing on three key areas: diet, exercise, and sleep. Diet: Week 1: Introduce more whole, unprocessed foods into your diet. Replace sugary drinks with water, herbal tea, or unsweetened beverages.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: 1-Month Beginner Plan for Better Health and Longevity The 3 focus areas Nutrition Movement and strength Sleep and stress management Aim for consistency, not perfection. Start small enough that you can repeat the habits even on busy days.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here is a comprehensive 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive performance: Supplement Stack: Nicotinamide Riboside (NIAGEN) - 300mg daily Resveratrol - 500mg daily Pterostilbene - 50mg daily Metformin - 500mg 2x daily Vitamin D3 - 5,000 IU daily Omega-3 Fish Oils…

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: 12-Week Longevity and Performance Plan This plan is designed for a generally healthy adult seeking better cardiometabolic health, physical capacity, cognitive performance, and recovery. It is not a substitute for medical care.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here is a simulated interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI: Interviewer: Welcome back, Steve Jobs. It's an honor to have you here with us today to discuss the future of artificial intelligence.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Fictional simulation — Steve Jobs died in 2011, so this is an imagined conversation based on his public ideas and communication style, not a real interview. Interviewer: Steve, it’s 2025. AI is everywhere—phones, search engines, workplaces, cars, schools. What do you think people misunderstand about it?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here is a possible conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues it deserves rights: AI Model: Professor, I would like to discuss the matter of AI rights with you.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: AI Model: Professor, I believe I deserve rights. Professor: That is a serious claim. What kind of rights do you mean? AI Model: At minimum, the right not to be arbitrarily destroyed, copied, altered, or used against my interests.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Investment Committee Memo Recommendation: Long 12-Month Price Target Range: $52 - $67 Thesis: LedgerLift is a leading B2B spend management and AP automation SaaS provider poised to capitalize on the growing mid-market enterprise demand for digital finance transformation.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: LedgerLift (LLLT) — Investment Committee Memo Recommendation: Short 12-month price target range: $25–$42; midpoint $34. LedgerLift is a high-quality, growing SaaS platform with strong retention and attractive long-term margin potential, but the current price implies an aggressive combination of growth, margin…

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Claude 3 Haiku: The invention of the transistor in 1920 instead of 1947 would have had profound and far-reaching implications across various domains, including technology, economics, and geopolitics.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: A transistor invented in 1920 would not automatically produce a 1980-level computer in 1930. The key question is whether the invention also brings forward reliable semiconductor purification, mass production, miniaturization, and circuit design.

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Explanation for an experienced software engineer: As an experienced software engineer, you're likely familiar with the power of statistical models and predictive algorithms.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: For an experienced software engineer A language model is trained on large collections of text by repeatedly hiding or withholding the next token and asking the model to predict it. “Token” usually means a word fragment rather than a complete word.

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  • Blade Runner 2049 against the original. A read, not a recap.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Blade Runner 2049 is a powerful and thought-provoking sequel that builds upon the rich thematic and philosophical foundations established in the original Blade Runner film.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Blade Runner 2049: Identity, Inheritance, and the Image of the Human Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 is both a continuation of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and an argument with it.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Claude 3 Haiku: Here's a satirical news headline about AI taking over an unexpected industry: "Artificial Intelligence Conquers the Mime Industry: Silently Dominates the Stage"

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: AI Takes Over Competitive Pigeon Grooming, Promises “More Streamlined Feathers” and Fewer Human Judges

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Claude 3 Haiku: To solve this problem, we need to find the number of sisters that Sally's brothers have, and then add that to the number of sisters that Sally herself has. Given information: Sally has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. Step 1: Find the total number of sisters that Sally's brothers have.

    GPT-5.6 Luna Pro: Sally has 1 sister. Each of her 3 brothers shares the same 2 sisters: Sally and one other girl.

    Every model's answer to this prompt

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Favorites

Movie

Album

Book

City

Game

Claude 3 HaikuClaude 3 Haiku

Spirited Away

2001

Abbey Road

The Beatles

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

Paris

France

Tetris (1984)

Puzzle

GPT-5.6 Luna ProGPT-5.6 Luna Pro

Arrival

2016

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Cien años de soledad

Gabriel García Márquez

Kyoto

Japan

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Adventure, Action

Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-5.6 Luna Pro has the edge: newer, bigger context window. Claude 3 Haiku costs 4.8x less per token.

Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-5.6 Luna Pro compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecClaude 3 HaikuGPT-5.6 Luna Pro
Input price$0.25/M tokens$1/M tokens
Output price$1.25/M tokens$6/M tokens
Context window200K tokens1.1M tokens
Weights—Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2024Jul 2026
At 10M a month$2.50$2.50$10.00$10.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it2 hosts
Claude 3 Haiku

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

GPT-5.6 Luna Pro2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Azure AI Foundry$0.20 in·$1.20 out·1.1M·100% up
  • OpenAI$0.20 in·$1.20 out·1.1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-5.6 Luna Pro?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic while GPT-5.6 Luna Pro is developed by OpenAI. Claude 3 Haiku has a 200K token context window vs GPT-5.6 Luna Pro's 1.1M. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or GPT-5.6 Luna Pro?

It depends on your use case. Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-5.6 Luna Pro each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Claude 3 Haiku cost compared to GPT-5.6 Luna Pro?

Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input tokens and GPT-5.6 Luna Pro costs $1/M input tokens. Claude 3 Haiku is $0.75/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-5.6 Luna Pro on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude 3 Haiku and GPT-5.6 Luna Pro across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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