Amazon Nova Pro vs GPT-6 Luna

Amazon · US  |  OpenAI · US · Updated June 2026

Quick verdict

Pick Amazon Nova Pro for multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20 or deep aws and bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines. Pick GPT-6 Luna for openai's cheapest gpt-6 tier — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, optimized for fast responses at high volume or available to free and go plan users in the chatgpt desktop app, not gated to paid tiers. On a tight budget at scale, GPT-6 Luna is the value pick.

Amazon Nova Pro (Amazon) and GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI) are two of the models people most often weigh against each other in 2026. Amazon Nova Pro is amazon's multimodal Bedrock model at $0.80/$3.20 with a 300K window — an enterprise-integrated generalist, not a frontier model. GPT-6 Luna is openAI's cheapest GPT-6 tier, released September 22, 2026 alongside GPT-6 Sol — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, built for speed over depth. They diverge most on price and context window — each quantified below from the models' real specs.

Key differences at a glance

Side-by-side specs

SpecAmazon Nova ProGPT-6 Luna
ProviderAmazon (US) OpenAI (US)
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024 September 22, 2026
Context window300K (~450 pages) 1.05M tokens (~1,575 pages)
Price (in/out)$0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens
Open weight?No — API only No — API only
Modalitiestext, image, video, code text, image
SWE-Bench VerifiedNot published Not published
MRCR v2 @ 1MNot published Not published

Who wins what

Multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20

Amazon Nova Pro

Amazon Nova Pro lists multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20 among its strengths; GPT-6 Luna does not.

Deep AWS and Bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines

Amazon Nova Pro

Amazon Nova Pro lists deep AWS and Bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines among its strengths; GPT-6 Luna does not.

Balanced cost-to-capability for general business tasks

Amazon Nova Pro

GPT-6 Luna is comparatively weak here — less reasoning capability than sibling GPT-6 Sol — built for speed and volume, not hard problems

OpenAI's cheapest GPT-6 tier — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, optimized for fast responses at high volume

GPT-6 Luna

At $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova Pro ($0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens), and that gap compounds at volume.

Available to Free and Go plan users in the ChatGPT desktop app, not gated to paid tiers

GPT-6 Luna

OpenAI's cheapest GPT-6 tier, released September 22, 2026 alongside GPT-6 Sol — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, built for speed over depth — and it runs cheaper at $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens.

Cache reads at $0.01/MTok — a 90% discount, the cheapest in the GPT-6 family

GPT-6 Luna

OpenAI's cheapest GPT-6 tier, released September 22, 2026 alongside GPT-6 Sol — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, built for speed over depth — and it carries the larger 1.05M tokens context.

Lowest cost at scale

GPT-6 Luna

At $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens, it is the cheaper of the two — the gap dominates the bill on high-volume workloads.

Largest single-prompt input

GPT-6 Luna

Its 1.05M tokens window is about 3.5× larger than Amazon Nova Pro's 300K, fitting roughly 1,575 pages in one prompt.

Which should you pick?

A cost-sensitive startup shipping high volume

GPT-6 Luna

At $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova Pro, and on millions of tokens that margin decides the monthly bill.

Someone analysing very long documents or codebases

GPT-6 Luna

Larger 1.05M tokens window fits more in one prompt.

Anyone whose priority is multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20

Amazon Nova Pro

It is specifically built for that.

Anyone whose priority is openai's cheapest gpt-6 tier — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, optimized for fast responses at high volume

GPT-6 Luna

That is its strongest area.

Amazon Nova Pro: where it fits

Amazon's multimodal Bedrock model at $0.80/$3.20 with a 300K window — an enterprise-integrated generalist, not a frontier model. Released December 5, 2024 by Amazon, it is built for multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20, deep AWS and Bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines, balanced cost-to-capability for general business tasks, and a 300K context for long documents and mixed media.

Its trade-offs are real: not a frontier reasoning or coding model against 2026 flagships, no published SWE-Bench Verified score, best value is realised inside the AWS ecosystem, and late-2024 model — older than most of the field here. At $0.8 in / $3.2 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.

GPT-6 Luna: where it fits

OpenAI's cheapest GPT-6 tier, released September 22, 2026 alongside GPT-6 Sol — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, built for speed over depth. Released September 22, 2026 by OpenAI, it is built for openAI's cheapest GPT-6 tier — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, optimized for fast responses at high volume, available to Free and Go plan users in the ChatGPT desktop app, not gated to paid tiers, cache reads at $0.01/MTok — a 90% discount, the cheapest in the GPT-6 family, and 1.05M-token context window carried down from the flagship tier.

Its trade-offs: less reasoning capability than sibling GPT-6 Sol — built for speed and volume, not hard problems, and as the entry-level tier, expect it to be the first model swapped out when OpenAI ships the next cost-tier refresh. At $0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.

The bottom line for this matchup

Amazon Nova Pro and GPT-6 Luna overlap enough that the right pick depends on your specific job. GPT-6 Luna costs less per token; GPT-6 Luna holds the larger context; and each leads in its own area — Amazon Nova Pro for multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20, GPT-6 Luna for openai's cheapest gpt-6 tier — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, optimized for fast responses at high volume. Rather than crowning one, run the same hard task through both once and let the results decide.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Pro or GPT-6 Luna better for coding?

Public SWE-Bench figures are not available for either model, so the honest test is your own repository — run an identical real bug through both. By design, Amazon Nova Pro leans toward multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20 while GPT-6 Luna leans toward openai's cheapest gpt-6 tier — $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, optimized for fast responses at high volume, and that positioning usually predicts which feels better on your codebase.

Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna is cheaper — $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens vs $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens, roughly 8× apart on input.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Luna — 1.05M tokens vs 300K, about 3.5× larger. Useful only if the model actually reasons over the full window, which not all do.

Can I use both Amazon Nova Pro and GPT-6 Luna together?

Yes — a multi-model platform like LumiChats gives you Amazon Nova Pro, GPT-6 Luna and 40+ others under one ₹69/day pass (about $1/day), so you can draft with one and cross-check with the other instead of buying two subscriptions.

Which is newer, Amazon Nova Pro or GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna — released September 22, 2026, about 22 months after Amazon Nova Pro.

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Specifications and benchmarks reflect publicly reported figures as of June 2026 and may change as providers release updates. Always verify on your own workload.