GPT-6 Astra Cuts Coding Agent Token Use ~3x at Max Effort vs GPT-5.6 Sol
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-09-04
Artificial Analysis says GPT-6 Astra's cost improvement on the Coding Agent Index is driven by token efficiency, with roughly a 3x token reduction at max effort compared to GPT-5.6 Sol (max), putting it on the cost-performance Pareto frontier.
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