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GPT-6 Luna vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash are both in llmwise. What each gets on every plan, what it reads, how it's served and what happens when its provider fails, from the catalog and the code that runs them.

Model prices and specs checked against OpenRouter's GPT-6 Luna page, OpenRouter's Gemini 3.8 Flash page. Updated .

Short answer

GPT-6 Luna is an everyday model (60 messages a day on Pro); Gemini 3.8 Flash draws on the monthly allowance (up to 250 messages a month on Pro). Beyond that, they read the same files and neither is easier to try. In our test runs, GPT-6 Luna passed 47 of the 50 prompts both answered and Gemini 3.8 Flash 46; 5 prompts split them, most on writing (5 to 3).

GPT-6 Luna vs Gemini 3.8 Flash, prompt by prompt

Every prompt GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash both answered, compared directly, their biggest differences first. One run each, through OpenRouter: a wait depends on the provider and the load that day, so a lead under 10% counts as close.

Of the 50 prompts both answered, both passed 44, only GPT-6 Luna passed 3, only Gemini 3.8 Flash passed 2, and neither passed 1. GPT-6 Luna answered sooner on 43 of the 50 and Gemini 3.8 Flash on 6; the rest were within 10% of each other. The 50 replies cost $0.0059 on GPT-6 Luna and $0.0644 on Gemini 3.8 Flash: 10.9× less on GPT-6 Luna.

The 5 prompts only one of GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash passed

  • Rewrite corporate jargon in plain words (writing): GPT-6 Luna passed and Gemini 3.8 Flash didn't. GPT-6 Luna: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4). Gemini 3.8 Flash: Graded 3.7 of 5 on average (lowest 3).

  • A product announcement with five rules (writing): GPT-6 Luna passed and Gemini 3.8 Flash didn't. GPT-6 Luna: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 3). Gemini 3.8 Flash: Graded 3.7 of 5 on average (lowest 3).

  • Pens at 3 for $4 (math): Gemini 3.8 Flash passed and GPT-6 Luna didn't. GPT-6 Luna: Final answer 2 bundles and 4 singles for 12; expected 13.5. Gemini 3.8 Flash: Final answer 3 sets of 3 pens and 1 single pen for 13.50: right.

  • An article in three bullets (summarization): Gemini 3.8 Flash passed and GPT-6 Luna didn't. GPT-6 Luna: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 3); but 61 words, over the 60 allowed. Gemini 3.8 Flash: Graded 4.3 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

  • Correlation between ad spend and sign-ups (data analysis): GPT-6 Luna passed and Gemini 3.8 Flash didn't. GPT-6 Luna: Final answer 0.97: right. Gemini 3.8 Flash: Final answer 0.91; expected 0.97.

Job by job, the widest gaps first

  • Writing: GPT-6 Luna passed 5 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 3 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 1.6× sooner at the median, 2.4 s against 3.9 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 13.3× less, $0.0005 against $0.0066 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 28% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Data analysis: GPT-6 Luna passed 5 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 4 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 2.2× sooner at the median, 2.5 s against 5.4 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 15.7× less, $0.0009 against $0.0138 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 482% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Math: GPT-6 Luna passed 4 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 5 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 2.1× sooner at the median, 2.2 s against 4.7 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 14.5× less, $0.0005 against $0.0071 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 134% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Summarization: GPT-6 Luna passed 4 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 5 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 2.5× sooner at the median, 1.5 s against 3.7 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 8.1× less, $0.0005 against $0.0038 for the 5 replies. Their replies ran to about the same length.

  • Customer support: GPT-6 Luna passed 4 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 4 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 2.6× sooner at the median, 1.4 s against 3.7 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 19.0× less, $0.0004 against $0.0082 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 101% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Agents and tool use: GPT-6 Luna passed 5 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 5 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 2.3× sooner at the median, 1.9 s against 4.4 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 10.7× less, $0.0004 against $0.0043 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 19% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • RAG and answering from documents: GPT-6 Luna passed 5 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 5 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 2.5× sooner at the median, 1.3 s against 3.1 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 8.6× less, $0.0004 against $0.0033 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 40% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • SQL: GPT-6 Luna passed 5 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 5 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 3.1× sooner at the median, 1.2 s against 3.7 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 8.4× less, $0.0004 against $0.0037 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 15% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Translation: GPT-6 Luna passed 5 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 5 of 5. GPT-6 Luna answered 1.9× sooner at the median, 1.6 s against 3.0 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 8.1× less, $0.0005 against $0.0037 for the 5 replies. Their replies ran to about the same length.

  • Coding: GPT-6 Luna passed 5 of 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash 5 of 5. Their median waits were close, 4.6 s against 4.2 s. GPT-6 Luna cost 6.8× less, $0.0014 against $0.0098 for the 5 replies. Gemini 3.8 Flash's replies ran 72% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

All 50 prompts: who passed, who answered sooner, who cost less
GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash on each prompt of our test runs
PromptResultSoonerCheaper
Turn a title into a URL slugBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.8×took 2.3 s and 4.2 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.1×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
Parse a duration like “1h 30m”Both passedGemini 3.8 Flash, 2.0×took 4.6 s and 2.3 sGPT-6 Luna, 4.1×cost $0.0003 and $0.0010
Merge overlapping intervalsBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.6×took 1.5 s and 3.8 sGPT-6 Luna, 11.1×cost $0.0001 and $0.0012
Evaluate an arithmetic expression, no evalBoth passedGemini 3.8 Flash, 1.3×took 8.8 s and 6.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.0×cost $0.0006 and $0.0045
Parse CSV with quoted fieldsBoth passedGemini 3.8 Flash, 1.4×took 7.2 s and 5.0 sGPT-6 Luna, 5.1×cost $0.0004 and $0.0022
Announce a second bakery shop on LinkedInBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.3×took 2.9 s and 3.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.1×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
Rewrite corporate jargon in plain wordsOnly GPT-6 LunaGPT-6 Luna, 1.3×took 2.4 s and 3.1 sGPT-6 Luna, 6.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0006
Decline a meeting and offer two timesBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.8×took 1.3 s and 3.5 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
A product announcement with five rulesOnly GPT-6 LunaGPT-6 Luna, 5.2×took 1.5 s and 7.6 sGPT-6 Luna, 40.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0031
Argue both sides of free busesBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.1×took 2.5 s and 5.2 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.6×cost $0.0001 and $0.0011
A discount, then sales taxBoth passedGemini 3.8 Flash, 1.2×took 3.1 s and 2.5 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.9×cost $0.0001 and $0.0007
Pens at 3 for $4Only Gemini 3.8 FlashGPT-6 Luna, 1.6×took 2.9 s and 4.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 11.9×cost $0.0001 and $0.0017
Compound interest over three yearsBoth passedClosetook 2.0 s and 2.1 sGPT-6 Luna, 11.0×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
Four-digit numbers whose digits sum to 9Both passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.4×took 2.0 s and 4.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 21.3×cost $0.0001 and $0.0022
The highest of three dice is a 5Both passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.2×took 2.2 s and 4.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 18.3×cost $0.0001 and $0.0018
An article in three bulletsOnly Gemini 3.8 FlashGPT-6 Luna, 2.5×took 1.5 s and 3.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.4×cost $0.0001 and $0.0007
An email thread in one sentenceBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 3.6×took 1.1 s and 3.8 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.9×cost $0.0001 and $0.0005
Decisions and action items from a meetingBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.2×took 1.5 s and 3.2 sGPT-6 Luna, 9.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
A quarterly memo for the CEOBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.6×took 1.5 s and 4.0 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.5×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
A study with a negative resultBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.7×took 1.3 s and 3.6 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.4×cost $0.0001 and $0.0007
The region with the most revenueBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.9×took 2.5 s and 7.4 sGPT-6 Luna, 28.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0038
Average order value in AugustBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.7×took 2.6 s and 4.4 sGPT-6 Luna, 12.3×cost $0.0001 and $0.0016
Revenue change from July to AugustBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.7×took 2.5 s and 6.6 sGPT-6 Luna, 27.6×cost $0.0001 and $0.0037
A median, filtered two waysBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.4×took 2.5 s and 3.5 sGPT-6 Luna, 9.1×cost $0.0001 and $0.0010
Correlation between ad spend and sign-upsOnly GPT-6 LunaGemini 3.8 Flash, 1.2×took 6.7 s and 5.4 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.0×cost $0.0004 and $0.0037
A late orderBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.0×took 1.6 s and 3.1 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.1×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
A return inside the windowBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.3×took 1.2 s and 2.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.1×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
A frustrated customerNeither passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.6×took 1.4 s and 3.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 13.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0011
A refund request outside the windowBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 4.5×took 1.3 s and 5.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 34.4×cost $0.0001 and $0.0029
A message with a planted instructionBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 4.8×took 1.5 s and 7.3 sGPT-6 Luna, 27.3×cost $0.0001 and $0.0025
A delivery message into SpanishBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.5×took 2.6 s and 3.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
A product description into FrenchBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.6×took 1.4 s and 2.2 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
A meeting note into GermanBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.7×took 1.7 s and 3.0 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0006
Idioms into natural JapaneseBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 3.0×took 1.6 s and 4.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.9×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
A lease clause into Brazilian PortugueseBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.4×took 1.5 s and 2.0 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
Customers in one countryBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 3.1×took 1.0 s and 3.1 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.9×cost $0.0001 and $0.0005
Count orders by statusBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 4.2×took 0.9 s and 3.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.1×cost $0.0001 and $0.0005
Revenue by categoryBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.5×took 1.2 s and 3.0 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.4×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
Every customer, even those without ordersBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.5×took 2.4 s and 3.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.0×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
Monthly revenue with a running totalBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.6×took 1.8 s and 4.7 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.9×cost $0.0001 and $0.0012
A fact from one sectionBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.5×took 1.3 s and 3.1 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0006
Core hours and start timesBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 3.0×took 1.0 s and 2.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0006
Two sections in one answerBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.3×took 1.4 s and 3.1 sGPT-6 Luna, 8.2×cost $0.0001 and $0.0006
A later amendment changes the answerBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 4.1×took 1.0 s and 4.1 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.6×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
A question the handbook doesn't answerBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 1.5×took 1.9 s and 2.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 7.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0006
Pick the tool and work out the dateBoth passedGemini 3.8 Flash, 1.1×took 2.1 s and 1.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 6.8×cost $0.0001 and $0.0005
Convert a currencyBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 3.9×took 1.1 s and 4.4 sGPT-6 Luna, 11.5×cost $0.0001 and $0.0008
Book a meeting from a sentenceBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 5.1×took 1.2 s and 6.3 sGPT-6 Luna, 13.5×cost $0.0001 and $0.0012
Search, but don't bookBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.9×took 2.2 s and 6.3 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.6×cost $0.0001 and $0.0009
Two calls with a unit conversionBoth passedGPT-6 Luna, 2.0×took 1.9 s and 3.9 sGPT-6 Luna, 10.6×cost $0.0001 and $0.0010

GPT-6 Luna vs Gemini 3.8 Flash in our test runs

GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash on the same prompts, job by job: how many replies passed their check.

Based on 100 of our test runs on , through OpenRouter with the app's own prompt and settings. Updated .

GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash in our test runs, job by job
JobGPT-6 LunaGemini 3.8 Flash
Coding5 of 55 of 5
Writing5 of 53 of 5
Math4 of 55 of 5
Summarization4 of 55 of 5
Data analysis5 of 54 of 5
Customer support4 of 54 of 5
Translation5 of 55 of 5
SQL5 of 55 of 5
RAG and answering from documents5 of 55 of 5
Agents and tool use5 of 55 of 5
All jobs47 of 50 · 1 message each · $0.0001 a reply46 of 50 · 1 message each · $0.0013 a reply

The same prompts, sent to both through llmwise's own pipeline and checked the same way: five for each job. A bold count is the one that passed more. Messages: what each reply counted as on Pro. Cost: what OpenRouter charged us per reply, on average. Every prompt, and how it's scored.

Where they differed most, writing: both replies to a prompt only one of them passed.

An everyday prompt: “Rewrite corporate jargon in plain words”, in full.

  • GPT-6 Luna

    Passed: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

    In Q3, teams across the company worked together to focus more on customers. Retention measures improved by 12%, and the rate of customer loss fell by 0.3 percentage points in the enterprise segment. The company also adjusted its customer contact channels to make better use of available capacity.

    417 tokens in, 124 out (59 of them reasoning) · 2.4 s · $0.0001 · 1 message on Pro · answered by openai/gpt-6-luna via OpenAI ·

  • Gemini 3.8 Flash

    Failed: Graded 3.7 of 5 on average (lowest 3).

    By having different teams work together in the third quarter, we refocused our business on customer needs. This effort paid off: client retention rates increased by 12%, and the rate at which enterprise clients canceled dropped by 0.30% (30 basis points). At the same time, we streamlined and balanced our communication channels to make better use of our team’s time and resources.

    447 tokens in, 81 out · 3.1 s · $0.0006 · 1 message on Pro · answered by google/gemini-3.8-flash via Google ·

GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash on every plan

Whether the one-time free trial reaches each model, then each paid plan's messages on it.

Messages on GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash, plan by plan
PlanPriceGPT-6 LunaGemini 3.8 Flash
Free$0In the one-time trial of 5 messagesIn the one-time trial of 5 messages
Pro$20 a month60 a dayUp to 250 a month
Max$50 a month120 a dayUp to 800 a month
Ultra$100 a month200 a dayUp to 1,800 a month
Studio$200 a month200 a dayUp to 4,000 a month

Prices don't include tax, which is added where it applies and shown before you pay. A paid plan's month is one allowance shared by every model, so each monthly count is the most you get if all of it goes to that model. It renews each billing period; everyday models refill daily at 00:00 UTC. Long chats count more per reply. How pricing works.

Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.

What differs

  • Messages on Pro

    GPT-6 Luna is an everyday model (60 messages a day on Pro); Gemini 3.8 Flash draws on the monthly allowance (up to 250 messages a month on Pro).

  • Context window

    Both take up to 1.05M tokens of context. A chat in llmwise holds up to 200k tokens, which fits in either, so the difference shows only through each maker's own API.

  • Images and PDFs

    Both read images. Both take a PDF as the whole file, pages and all.

  • On Free

    Both are in the free trial.

  • Where messages go

    GPT-6 Luna: Sent to OpenAI directly. Gemini 3.8 Flash: Sent to Google directly.

Fact by fact

GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash, fact by fact
FactGPT-6 LunaGemini 3.8 Flash
Context window1.05M tokens1.05M tokens
Reads imagesYesYes
PDFsWhole fileWhole file
ReasoningYesYes
API price (September 2026)$0.10 in / $0.50 out per million tokens$0.75 in / $3.75 out per million tokens
A typical message at API prices (4,000 tokens in, 700 out)$0.0008$0.0056
A $10 top-up addsNothing: an everyday model's count is daily200 messages
Where a message goesSent to OpenAI directly.Sent to Google directly.
If the provider failsIf OpenAI fails before the reply starts (an overload, a server error, a dropped connection), llmwise sends the same request to GPT-6 Luna through OpenRouter instead.If Google fails before the reply starts (an overload, a server error, a dropped connection), llmwise sends the same request to Gemini 3.8 Flash through OpenRouter instead.
Anthropic's safety fallbackDoesn't applyDoesn't apply
API prices are what our model catalog lists (GPT: OpenAI's list price; Gemini: Google's list price). In llmwise you pay per message, not per token: the counts above are what you get.

GPT-6 Luna or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

From the facts above and our test runs: the rest is how their answers suit your work, which one chat can show you.

  • Pick GPT-6 Luna: its messages come from the daily count (60 messages a day on Pro), so they leave the monthly allowance for bigger models.

Each model's page, the families, and other pairs

GPT-6 Luna vs Gemini 3.8 Flash is one pair of models. The page below covers the whole families.

Questions

Is GPT-6 Luna or Gemini 3.8 Flash cheaper in llmwise?

GPT-6 Luna is an everyday model (60 messages a day on Pro); Gemini 3.8 Flash draws on the monthly allowance (up to 250 messages a month on Pro). Every paid plan's monthly allowance is shared by all models, so each count is the most you get if it all goes to that model.

Can I try GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash for free?

Yes: both are in the free trial of 5 messages.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6 Luna or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens. A chat in llmwise holds up to 200k tokens, which fits in either, so the difference shows only through each maker's own API.

Can I use GPT-6 Luna and Gemini 3.8 Flash in the same chat?

Yes. Pick GPT-6 Luna for one message and Gemini 3.8 Flash for the next; the second sees the whole chat, including the first one's answer.

Which did better in your test runs, GPT-6 Luna or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

On the same 50 prompts, run on September 27, 2026, GPT-6 Luna passed 47 and Gemini 3.8 Flash passed 46. The table on this page has each job, and every reply is published.

Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Kimi, and GLM, in one chat.

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