Sonnet 5.5 speed test: builds 3D voxel pagoda in ~3 minutes vs Opus 5.5's ~15

cedric_chee · x · 2026-09-28

cedricchee tested Sonnet 5.5 and found it faster than expected: it built a 3D voxel pagoda scene in 3 minutes, while Opus 5.5 took 15. "Sonnet tokens are built different."

A notable speed jump from Sonnet 5 to 5.5 — good news for latency- and cost-sensitive coding workflows.

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