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Does GPT-6 Astra actually consume fewer tokens than Claude Fable 5.1 and older models for the same tasks?

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I've been looking at some recent token-usage comparisons for GPT-6 Astra, and the difference seems surprisingly large. Artificial Analysis data has been cited showing Astra using around 21k output tokens per task, compared with roughly 64k for Claude Fable 5.1. I've also seen claims that Astra can…

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Timeline · 5 reports

  1. 2026-09-09 08:01 · Last Week in AI
    LWiAI Podcast #256 - Fable 5.1, Astra Tease, Gemini 3.8 Flash
  2. 2026-09-08 09:47 · r/GeminiAI
    Updated Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Ranking shows Gemini 3.8 Flash is nowhere near Fable Or Astra, rather it's worse than GLM 5.3 Flash!
  3. 2026-09-08 09:46 · r/Bard
    Updated Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Ranking shows Gemini 3.8 Flash is nowhere near Fable Or Astra, rather it's worse than GLM 5.3 Flash!
  4. 2026-09-07 21:32 · r/ChatGPT
    GPT-6-Astra is on par with Claude Fable 5.1 on the (yet again) updated Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
  5. 2026-09-07 19:48 · r/ChatGPTCoding
    Does GPT-6 Astra actually consume fewer tokens than Claude Fable 5.1 and older models for the same tasks?

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