I don't understand the constant bashing of GPT 6/6.1 Sol's performance relative to 5.6 and Astra. Why are we ignoring the elephant in the room, the absurd price + efficiency gains? It costs half as much as Sonnet 5.5, 1/3rd of 5.6 Sol, 1/5th of Opus 5.5, and 1.7th of Astra.
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https://preview.redd.it/7bg58zoixish1.png?width=1422&format=png&auto=webp&s=898f308e9b46d78794a18d32c412155fb44e470e Call me crazy, but even if its benchmaxed and worse than Sol 5.6, Opus 5.5 or Astra, I don't get why that would matter being THAT cheap with absurd intelligence per dollar. https://a…
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- 2026-09-29 21:03 · r/ChatGPT
I don't understand the constant bashing of GPT 6/6.1 Sol's performance relative to 5.6 and Astra. Why are we ignoring the elephant in the room, the absurd price + efficiency gains? It costs half as much as Sonnet 5.5, 1/3rd of 5.6 Sol, 1/5th of Opus 5.5, and 1.7th of Astra.
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