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1. YuechenLi · 1790889341 · focus · HN ↗

   Have you compared this to using GPT-6.1 Sol instead of GPT 6 Astra + Deepseek? From my test, 6.1 Sol is a lot more token efficient than 6 Sol while being similar to Astra in performance, and I don't really find 6 Astra to be significantly better than 6/6.1 Sol for general coding as I feel 6 Astra is only noticeably better at spatial reasoning/vision compared to 6 Sol, and 6.1 Sol really closed the gap on that front.

   1. conception · 1790898520 · focus · HN ↗

      6.1 Sol though is horribly slow. The time cost alone offloading to ds flash is probably worth a look.

      1. YuechenLi · 1790902616 · focus · HN ↗

         I don't really mind the speed, I like watching Codex work most of the time, slower work means I have time to do corrective nudging for when the initial prompt was unclear.
      2. waximabbax · 1790960942 · focus · HN ↗

         It mostly feels horribly slow if you leave reasoning effort at max for Sol 6.1. If you dial it to normal/high/xhigh, Sol 6.1 is only a couple of minutes behind Astra, performs almost as well on terminal bench v4 tasks, and is about 4 to 5x cheaper.

         1. conception · 1791054625 · focus · HN ↗

            No its like 30 t/s… its really slow.

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