Astra Ranks 7th but Beats Opus 5.5 Across All Thinking Efforts, User Says
bookwormengr · x · 2026-11-14
On the Artificial Analysis index, Astra sits at position 7, yet the author calls it his workhorse — usable, unlike Gemini Carbon — and better than Opus 5.5 at all thinking efforts; remove those two and Astra is right behind Fable. He cautions rankings change weekly, so don't over-read them.
He also credits OpenAI with a strong cybersecurity program and the "incredible" GPT-Live: never write OpenAI off; both frontier labs have equally talented people, and in the end only compute and data matter.
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