Claude 3.5 Sonnet Price Cut Fails to Ease Massive Token Guzzling
bindureddy · x · 2026-08-11
The author notes that Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet is now cheaper than the previous Sonnet 4.6. While acknowledging it as a very good frontier model, they point out that it remains a massive token guzzler.
Even with the recent price cut, the author finds it challenging to justify upgrading to the new version due to high consumption, suggesting that another 50% off the list price would be ideal.
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