User claims Astra crushes Opus 5.5 token-per-token, likely distilled from stronger model
VraserX · x · 2026-10-05
User @VraserX claims Google's Astra "literally destroys" Claude Opus 5.5 in token-per-token intelligence, speculating it was distilled from a far more powerful model. He also notes Google isn't pacing releases as aggressively as OpenAI. Personal opinion, no benchmark data provided.
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