GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen3.8 27B: Release Comparison

Name: Intelligence
Creator: Artificial Analysis
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Comparison of the GPT-6 Luna and Qwen3.8 27B releases: 6 and 4 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 10 models.

For intelligence, GPT-6 Luna scores highest: GPT-6 Luna (Max) at 38, against Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) at 34 for Qwen3.8 27B.
For output speed, GPT-6 Luna is fastest: GPT-6 Luna (Max) at 134 t/s, against Qwen3.8 27B (Low) at 52 t/s for Qwen3.8 27B.
For cost per task, GPT-6 Luna is cheapest: GPT-6 Luna (Low) at $0.0045, against Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) at $1.01 for Qwen3.8 27B.

Model Playground

Releases compared


	GPT-6 Luna (max)	GPT-6 Luna (xhigh)	Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh)	GPT-6 Luna (high)	GPT-6 Luna (medium)	Qwen3.8 27B (medium)	Qwen3.8 27B (low)	GPT-6 Luna (low)	Qwen3.8 27B (non-reasoning)	GPT-6 Luna (non-reasoning)
Intelligence Index	38	35	34	33	30	28	26	22	20	18
Finance & Accounting	40	37	34	36	33	28	27	24	19	20
Strategy & Ops	46	43	37	41	37	34	29	23	16	20
Legal	40	37	35	35	33	27	28	25	22	19
Healthcare & Medical	37	--	34	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Engineering	37	34	33	32	29	25	24	23	22	21
Economics	45	42	43	40	37	31	32	30	30	24
AA-Briefcase v1.1	1336	1237	1397	1186	1099	1377	1273	741	898	903
GDPval-AA v2.1	1430	1364	1419	1340	1262	1381	1362	1033	1072	1045
AutomationBench-AA	53.2%	47.8%	48.2%	47.8%	40.5%	40.3%	30.1%	12.0%	12.4%	9.1%
Terminal-Bench 4.0	12.6%	8.1%	5.6%	4.5%	2.5%	5.1%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%
SciCode	54.6%	51.7%	46.6%	50.3%	50.9%	39.0%	40.0%	46.9%	36.2%	43.1%
Humanity's Last Exam	38.5%	34.3%	33.9%	32.9%	28.3%	14.1%	14.0%	20.3%	12.1%	8.6%
GDP.pdf	22.8%	18.6%	16.6%	18.2%	13.8%	12.8%	10.4%	9.0%	5.2%	5.8%
CritPt	19.4%	17.4%	5.4%	15.4%	10.6%	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%	0.3%	1.1%
AA-Omniscience	1	−2	−10	−6	−5	−36	−27	−9	−8	−22
AA-LCR v1.1	83.3%	80.0%	82.0%	79.3%	78.3%	79.7%	77.3%	74.0%	69.3%	39.7%

Cost per TaskUSD	$0.07	$0.04	$1.01	$0.03	$0.02	$1.13	$1.05	$0.0045	$2.49	$0.01
Input PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.10	$0.10	$0.50	$0.10	$0.10	$0.50	$0.50	$0.10	$0.50	$0.10
Output PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.50	$0.50	$3.00	$0.50	$0.50	$3.00	$3.00	$0.50	$3.00	$0.50
Cache Hit PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.01	$0.01	$0.10	$0.01	$0.01	$0.10	$0.10	$0.01	$0.10	$0.01
Cache Write PriceUSD/1M Tokens	$0.125	$0.125	--	$0.125	$0.125	--	--	$0.125	--	$0.125

Output SpeedTokens/s	134	126	46	132	--	50	52	129	52	112
Time to First Tokens	113.29	41.15	3.79	17.73	--	3.92	3.79	2.52	3.93	0.88
Time to First Answer Tokens	113.29	41.15	47.38	17.73	--	44.23	41.93	2.52	3.93	0.88
End-to-End Response Times	117.02	45.13	58.28	21.52	--	54.31	51.47	6.39	13.62	5.33
Time per Tasks	373.02	220.80	1,121.76	151.37	--	993.41	829.42	16.84	545.11	33.42

Context Window	1M	1M	256k	1M	1M	256k	256k	1M	256k	1M
Creator	OpenAI	OpenAI	Alibaba	OpenAI	OpenAI	Alibaba	Alibaba	OpenAI	Alibaba	OpenAI
License	Proprietary	Proprietary	Open	Proprietary	Proprietary	Open	Open	Proprietary	Open	Proprietary
Input Modality	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text, image, and video	Supports: text and image	Supports: text and image	Supports: text, image, and video	Supports: text, image, and video	Supports: text and image	Supports: text, image, and video	Supports: text and image
Output Modality	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text	Supports: text
Providers			+6						+3

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 includes: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task

Most attractive quadrant

GPT-6 Luna

Pareto line

AA-Briefcase v1.1

GDPval-AA v2.1

Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)

Weighted average cost per Intelligence Index task. Each evaluation’s cost is calculated from input, cache hit, cache write, reasoning, and answer token prices, divided by task count, and weighted by its Intelligence Index weight.

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available.

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries

Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen3.8 27B: Release Comparison

Intelligence

Speed

Cost per Task

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output Speed

Model Performance Representation

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes