Astra dominates vision and computer use but stumbles on 100k+ token context, head-to-head tests find
firstadopter · x · 2026-09-06
Blogger rishdotblog ran extensive head-to-head comparisons of Astra vs Fable and Sol, which firstadopter calls "a step function advance":
- Frontend tasks: Astra wins easily
- Vision / computer use: Astra is "incredible" — no other model comes close
- Long context: Astra is a regression, missing important context far more often when handling >100k tokens (possibly due to fewer reasoning tokens); the author prefers Sol for anything complex
- Planning: Astra "half-asses strategic work" and is much worse than Fable, untrustworthy for work that could introduce subtle bugs
Net: a step-change for vision and interactive tasks, but real regressions in long-context nuance and planning.
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