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GPT-6 Luna vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: API cost

Standard, cached and batch API prices for GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI) and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Google), and what each costs for your usage.

Prices last checked: how

GPT-6 Luna is cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite at standard rates, with 2.5× cheaper input and 3× cheaper output.

Your usage
GPT-6 Luna / month $7.80 $0.00026 per request
  • Input $3.00
  • Cached input $0.3
  • Output $4.50
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite / month $21.75 $0.00072 per request
  • Input $7.50
  • Cached input $0.75
  • Output $13.50
GPT-6 Luna is cheaper for this usage by $13.95 a month (64% less).

How cost changes with reply length

  • GPT-6 Luna
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
$0$0.5$1$1.50$202004006008001,000Output tokens per 1,000 input tokensGPT-6 LunaGemini 3.1 Flash-…
Cost of 1,000 requests with 1,000 input tokens each, at standard rates without caching. Hover or use the arrow keys to read values.
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Output tokensGPT-6 LunaGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
0$0.1$0.25
250$0.23$0.63
500$0.35$1.00
750$0.47$1.38
1,000$0.6$1.75

Price per million tokens

Token typeGPT-6 LunaGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Input$0.10$0.25
Cached input$0.01$0.025
Output$0.50$1.50
Batch input$0.05$0.125
Batch cached input$0.005$0.0125
Batch output$0.25$0.75

GPT-6 Luna: Long prompts are billed at higher long-context rates.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Audio input costs more.

Standard rates in USD, before tax OpenAI API pricing Gemini API pricing

Monthly cost for typical workloads

WorkloadGPT-6 LunaGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Support chatbot
2,000 in / 300 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 50% cached
$7.80$21.75
Document summaries
10,000 in / 800 out tokens, 200 requests a day
$8.40$22.20
Tagging / classifying
400 in / 20 out tokens, 20,000 requests a day
$30.00$78.00
Standard rates in USD, before tax. A month is 30 days.

Or see GPT-6 Luna pricing, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite pricing, or compare any two models.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Luna cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-6 Luna is cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite at standard rates, with 2.5× cheaper input and 3× cheaper output. Based on standard API rates last checked on 30 Sept 2026.

How much do GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite cost per million tokens?

GPT-6 Luna: $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: $0.25 input and $1.50 output. These are standard rates in USD, before tax, from each provider’s own pricing page.

Which is cheaper with the Batch API?

GPT-6 Luna’s batch rates are $0.05 input and $0.25 output per million tokens (50% off); Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite’s batch rates are $0.125 input and $0.75 output per million tokens (50% off).

Does prompt caching change the comparison?

GPT-6 Luna charges $0.01 per million cached input tokens, against $0.10 for normal input; Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite charges $0.025 per million cached input tokens, against $0.25 for normal input. Cache write and storage charges are extra and aren’t included here.

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