Burkov: Claude 6.1 is no worse than 5.6 but much slower — why it's slow matters
burkov · x · 2026-10-03
Andriy Burkov weighs in on Claude 6.1: capability-wise it's probably no worse than 5.6, but it's much slower. The key question, he argues, is why: slow token generation is one thing, but generating many more tokens per task is another — the latter could hit weekly usage limits far faster and materially change what subscribers get.
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