GPT-5.6 Luna Pro vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare GPT-5.6 Luna Pro by OpenAI against Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI, context windows of 1.1M vs 1.0M, tested across 34 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.6 Luna Pro
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.6 Luna Pro
Input
$1.00
Output
$6.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
3.3× cheaper
Output
$0.60
10× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 3.3× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
GPT-5.6 Luna Pro uses 53.7x more emoji
GPT-5.6 Luna Pro
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
58%Vocabulary63%
18wSentence Length15w
0.81Hedging0.19
2.9Bold5.2
5.1Lists3.2
0.54Emoji0.00
1.10Headings0.38
0.09Transitions0.05
Based on 27 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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