Early GPT-6 Astra tests: same intelligence as GPT-5.6 xhigh at roughly 1/3 the cost
charliermarsh · x · 2026-09-05
Early tester kimmonismus says GPT-6 Astra's standout is price performance: Astra-Medium delivers roughly GPT-5.6 xhigh-level intelligence at about 1/3 the cost. Another post claims Astra is extremely token-efficient, sitting on the cost-efficiency pareto frontier—cheaper per task than Gemini 3.8 Flash, a model 13x cheaper. Verdict so far: the hype is deserved.
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