Models

Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking vs GPT 5.6 Luna

Compare Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking from Doubao and GPT 5.6 Luna from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking
Doubao · text, image, video → text

The Doubao-Seed-1.6-thinking model has significantly enhanced reasoning capabilities. Compared with Doubao-1.5-thinking-pro, it has further improvements in fundamental abilities such as coding, mathematics, and logical reasoning, and now also supports visual understanding. It supports a 256k context window, with output length supporting up to 16k tokens.

Input$0.18 /M
Output$2.52 /M
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GPT 5.6 Luna
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5.6 Luna is designed for cost-sensitive, high-volume workloads. It roughly corresponds to the nano model tier used in earlier GPT-5 families.

Input$1 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.1 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking
GPT 5.6 Luna
Input /M
$0.18
$1
Output /M
$2.52
$6
Cache read /M
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$0.1
Context length
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1,050,000
Max output
0
128,000
Time to First Token
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2.2 s
Throughput
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88.4 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsthinkingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · responses
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking
$48.60 /mo
GPT 5.6 Luna
$150 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking, GPT 5.6 Luna?

Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking: $2.52/M output tokens; GPT 5.6 Luna: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GPT 5.6 Luna accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, thinking and structured outputs.

Can I call Doubao Seed 1.6 Thinking and GPT 5.6 Luna with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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