gpt 5.6 luna is the first us model in the openrouter top 3 since june. just in 2 weeks after a 80% price cut from outside the top 10

openrouter top 5 by token volume this week:

1. deepseek v4 flash 0731 – 10.7t
2. tencent hy3 – 10.6t
3. gpt-5.6 luna – 5.2t
4. deepseek v4 flash 0423 – 5.11t
5. xiaomi mimo-v2.5 – 4.3t

the top two both exploded – +74% and +87% in a single week. tencent hy3 is now 100b tokens behind deepseek v4 flash. if the trend holds, tencent takes #1 next week.

two deepseek flash versions in the top 5 – builders haven't fully migrated to the new release. all 5 under $0.15/m input. luna at $0.10 – cheaper than most chinese models on this list.

anthropic held a top-10 spot for months – now it's gone. deepseek holds 3 spots in the top 10. openai bought one with a price cut.

the price war worked and the volume game belongs to cheap inference.