Researcher Calls $/Token a Meaningless Metric as Opus 5 Uses 5x Tokens of GPT 5.6

A researcher argues $/token is an arbitrary and meaningless cost metric: in terminal tasks with similar accuracy, Opus 5 (max) consumed about five times the tokens of GPT 5.6 Sol (max). Costs should instead be measured per completed attempt.

2026-08-27 ~ 2026-08-27 · 3 related posts

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