Developers Debate Claude Updates: Capability Fine but Speed a Concern

Andriy Burkov argues that Claude 6.1 may match 5.6 in capability but is notably slower, with the cause of the slowdown mattering greatly. He also found Sonnet 5.5 faster than running Codex in parallel, while consuming less of his weekly quota.

2026-10-03 ~ 2026-10-03 · 2 related posts

• Burkov: Claude 6.1 is no worse than 5.6 but much slower — why it's slow matters — burkov · 2026-10-03
• Dev benchmark by experience: Sonnet 5.5 runs faster than Codex and burns less of the weekly limit — burkov · 2026-10-03