OpenAI's fastest, most affordable GPT-5.6 tier for high-volume, latency-sensitive work.
Updated DeepSeek R1 with performance on par with OpenAI o1.
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Both GPT 5.6 Luna and DeepSeek R1 (0528) are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.
DeepSeek R1 (0528) has a lower blended cost. GPT 5.6 Luna: $1.00 input / $6.00 output. DeepSeek R1 (0528): $0.50 input / $2.15 output.
GPT 5.6 Luna has a larger context window: GPT 5.6 Luna supports 1.1M tokens vs DeepSeek R1 (0528) at 164K tokens.
GPT 5.6 Luna supports vision/image input, but DeepSeek R1 (0528) does not.
Key differences: only GPT 5.6 Luna supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both GPT 5.6 Luna and DeepSeek R1 (0528) for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.