After billions of tokens, developer finds Gemini 4 roughly on par with Opus 4.8
hrishioa · x · 2026-10-14
Developer hrishioa reports that after spending billions of tokens on data, code, and analysis tasks, his takeaway is simple: Gemini 4 ≈ Opus 4.8. A heavyweight practitioner's hands-on comparison of the two flagship models based on real usage at scale.
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