OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna by OpenAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 1.1M vs 262K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 6.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna
Input
$1.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
6.2× cheaper
Output
$0.97
6.2× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 6.2× input, 6.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
45%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 160.3x more emoji
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
59%Vocabulary59%
19wSentence Length15w
0.84Hedging0.31
2.7Bold4.9
4.5Lists2.7
0.00Emoji1.60
1.20Headings0.75
0.10Transitions0.05
Based on 27 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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