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MiniMax M3 vs GPT-5.6 Luna

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), MiniMax M3 costs 1.2× as much as GPT-5.6 Luna: $1.08 against $0.88 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

MiniMax M3GPT-5.6 Luna
Input, per 1M tokens$0.30$0.20
Output, per 1M tokens$1.20$1.20
Context window1.05M1.05M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.192$0.132
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$1.08$0.88
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$3.00$2.20
Confidence signalyesno
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400316not measured

Which one should carry your traffic?

If GPT-5.6 Luna answers your requests as well as MiniMax M3, moving that traffic saves 19% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. GPT-5.6 Luna does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

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