Dev tests show Astra orchestrating Opus scores highest but doubles cost

Developer Kevin Kern benchmarked Opus 5.5, Astra, and Luna alone and in various orchestration combos on his finance app: an Astra-orchestrated three-stage pipeline scored best (82.8) but doubled costs, while single-model runs were about 3x faster.

2026-09-27 ~ 2026-09-27 · 4 related posts

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