Opus beats Astra on one-shot 3D quality; Astra is 4x faster and 10x more token-efficient
chaseleantj · x · 2026-09-13
In a follow-up to his 3D scene generation tests, the author confirms recent reports that Astra's quality has dropped: even at high effort with a skill and image reference, Astra took 14 minutes and 14k output tokens and still fell clearly short of Opus.
He notes Astra was 4x faster and >10x more token-efficient, meaning its effective ceiling may be higher when pushed — he plans more tests. This experiment only compared one-shot quality, where Opus clearly wins.
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