The cost / performance chart shows that in almost all configurations, it looks worse than Opus. Why would you use Sonnet 5.5 on xhigh if you would get better results (higher score, cheaper cost) on Opus 5.5 high?
Is there a good use case? This isn't like Luna where it's much cheaper/effective just to use Luna in certain situations.
Per the charts, there is largely no point to using Sonnet 5.5 at high+ as opus low generally will give similar performance at similar or lower cost.
But Sonnet 5.5 at medium and below gives you a cheaper option at a performance worse than the lowest thinking Opus (low), which may be viable for "low intelligence" use cases.
wkcheng · · focus · HN ↗
Is there a good use case? This isn't like Luna where it's much cheaper/effective just to use Luna in certain situations.
usaar333 · · focus · HN ↗
But Sonnet 5.5 at medium and below gives you a cheaper option at a performance worse than the lowest thinking Opus (low), which may be viable for "low intelligence" use cases.
verdverm · · focus · HN ↗
NotSuspicious · · focus · HN ↗
verdverm · · focus · HN ↗
Their new Ember-1 model is pretty good, fine-tune of Kimi3 with way less thinking
Does this make it an American model or is it still Chinese?