Version 5.6 Model Boasts Impressive Speed
bindureddy · x · 2026-07-08
The author has been testing a version 5.6 model and describes it as "extremely fast," noting its agentic performance is on par with Opus 4.8. They add that it's more cost-effective than Opus—especially the luna variant—and works magically when paired with Fable 5.
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