Opus 5.5 Wins on Quality; GPT-6 Is 7.8x Cheaper Per Task
haider1 · x · 2026-09-23
The author dug into Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 (sol) coding benchmarks: Opus delivers better quality, while sol is 7.8x cheaper per task. If quality/time matters, Opus wins; for raw value, sol is far better. They note this matters more for usage-based credits than subscriptions, since they still burn through Codex limits much faster than CC.
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