terra beats Sonnet on a report run: 36s and $1.22 vs 81s and $4.03
samuelcolvin · x · 2026-07-24
- terra finished the report in 36 seconds, versus 81 seconds for Sonnet.
- The reply links the gap to Sonnet “digging for too long,” suggesting extra reasoning/search steps may be driving both latency and cost.
- Report cost was also much lower on terra: $1.22 vs $4.03 on Sonnet.
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