OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna
Input
$1.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
1.7× cheaper
Output
$3.60
1.7× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper on both — 1.7× input, 1.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 22.8x more emoji
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
59%Vocabulary54%
19wSentence Length14w
0.84Hedging0.39
2.7Bold6.9
4.5Lists4.2
0.00Emoji0.23
1.20Headings0.93
0.10Transitions0.17
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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