I was really hoping for Astra to be less expensive then Opus...

redox99 · 2026-09-05T06:29:40.000000Z

It is (uses way less tokens)

simianwords · 2026-09-05T07:09:21.000000Z

No it isn't cheaper, any source for task vs price comparison to Sol?

Edit:

GPT-6 Astra (low): 57 Intelligence Index, $7.70/M tokens

GPT-5.6 Sol (high): 57 Intelligence Index, $3.08/M tokens

So for the same measured intelligence, Sol costs only 40% as much — i.e. ~60% cheaper, while Astra is ~2.5× more expensive.

Why is the burden of proof on me tho!?

slopinthebag · 2026-09-05T10:15:00.000000Z

they said opus, not sol, it's cheaper than opus by almost half at max.

astra high is also 3x cheaper than opus max at basically the same intelligence.

astra high is also about as expensive as sol max while being more intelligent.

astra medium is cheaper than sol max while also being cheaper and roughly same intelligence.

im going to replace my sol usage with astra high/medium i think

caveat: benchmarks are really fuzzy with llms

haaz · 2026-09-05T09:09:09.000000Z

Astra is obviously better than sol. Look at the benchmarks, astra medium costs the same as sol X high whilst costing the same per task

https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/releases/gpt-6-astra

wickedsight · 2026-09-05T07:29:00.000000Z

This is the second comment I see where you write "no it isn't", without providing a source for your statement. Then you follow it by asking for a source. So is there a source you can provide to back up your statement?

dgellow · 2026-09-05T07:51:46.000000Z

It’s supposed to work the other way, if you make a positive claim that it is cheaper, where is your proof?

ygty · 2026-09-06T22:07:32.000000Z

Why do you always write shit posts but never respond when called out?