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gpt-6-astra burns through my ChatGPT quota — is it that much better than gpt-5.6-sol?

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I’ve been using gpt-6-astra in ChatGPT, and the biggest difference I’ve noticed so far is how quickly it uses up my quota. With gpt-5.6-sol, I rarely ran into usage limits. With gpt-6-astra, fairly ordinary coding tasks seem to eat through my allowance much faster. I recently used it for a small im…

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  1. 2026-09-08 10:12 · r/OpenAI
    gpt-6-astra burns through my ChatGPT quota — is it that much better than gpt-5.6-sol?

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