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1. pookieinc · 1790100388 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't see how anyone can be using Claude with prices like this, it's pretty incredible what the OpenAI team is doing, w.r.t model quality and pricing.

     Prices per 1M tokens     Claude Opus 5.5    Claude Opus 5
      Cache reads              $0.20              $0.50
      Input tokens             $4                 $5
      Output tokens            $20                $25
      Cache writes             $5                 $6.25
   
   
   

   Model

   Input

   Output

   Price reduction

   GPT‑6 Sol vs. GPT‑5.6 Sol

   $4 → $2

   $20 → $10

   50% cheaper

   GPT‑6 Luna vs. GPT‑5.6 Luna

   $0.20 → $0.10

   $1.20 → $0.50

   50% cheaper

   1. etothet · 1790100747 · focus · HN ↗

      For API usage, sure. But plenty of people have subscriptions where these differences effectively don’t matter.

      1. esafak · 1790102640 · focus · HN ↗

         It should matter; if their costs go down you'll get more usage.

         1. etothet · 1790103491 · focus · HN ↗

            Just because a provider is charging less, doesn't mean their cost went down. This is probably especially true with the big players that are trying to stay competitive.

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