Claude Code Burns 2-3x More Tokens Than Other Agent Harnesses
RexDouglass · x · 2026-07-31
Developer rasbt found in testing that Claude Code consumes 2-3x more tokens compared to other agent harnesses at similar success rates.
A previous benchmark by Composio corroborates this: running the same model (e.g., Kimi K3) through different harnesses on 28 identical tasks showed up to a 30x difference in token consumption, despite similar completion rates. This highlights the massive cost impact of an agent harness's orchestration strategy.
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