You don't need max: Sonnet-5.5 at max burns so many tokens it costs as much as Opus
adonis_singh · x · 2026-09-29
- adonissingh reiterates that Anthropic models don't need the max reasoning tier — much more money for little extra performance.
- Sonnet-5.5, despite cheaper per-token pricing, outputs so many tokens at max that total cost nearly matches Opus.
- xhigh captures most of the vision benefits at far lower cost.
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