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That's some crazy SVG generation: https://aibenchy.com/compare/openai-gpt-6-astra-high/google-... It took a while to test it, initially OpenRouter was giving Not Found errors for this model ID.
I posted this in the other Astra thread but it's just fallen off the homepage, so... Pelicans from Astra, plus 5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna for comparison: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p... I think this is a genuinely interesting comparison grid. Astra may be more expensive, but if you have a budget of 10 cents for a Pelican Astra low gives you something SO much better than the other models. Ast…
I posted this in the other Astra thread but it's just fallen off the homepage, so... Pelicans from Astra, plus 5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna for comparison: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p... I think this is a genuinely interesting comparison grid. Astra may be more expensive, but if you have a budget of 10 cents for a Pelican Astra low gives you something SO much better than the other models. Ast…
Simon do you have a page somewhere that shows _all_ of the penguins created by various models across time? You’ve been doing this public service for so long (well, for so long in “AI hype” years anyway) that it’d be fascinating to see the evolution of this artifact across time.
I'm running out of excuses not to build a proper comparison site though. Maybe I'll have Astra do rhat.
I posted this in the other Astra thread but it's just fallen off the homepage, so... Pelicans from Astra, plus 5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna for comparison: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p... I think this is a genuinely interesting comparison grid. Astra may be more expensive, but if you have a budget of 10 cents for a Pelican Astra low gives you something SO much better than the other models. Ast…
Luna's price seems off
I posted this in the other Astra thread but it's just fallen off the homepage, so... Pelicans from Astra, plus 5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna for comparison: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p... I think this is a genuinely interesting comparison grid. Astra may be more expensive, but if you have a budget of 10 cents for a Pelican Astra low gives you something SO much better than the other models. Ast…
Luna is my go to daily model it's great value
I posted this in the other Astra thread but it's just fallen off the homepage, so... Pelicans from Astra, plus 5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna for comparison: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p... I think this is a genuinely interesting comparison grid. Astra may be more expensive, but if you have a budget of 10 cents for a Pelican Astra low gives you something SO much better than the other models. Ast…
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The price is probably coming from when Luna was first released. OpenAI slashed the price by 80% at the end of July.
Yes! Good catch, thanks - I'll fix that.
https://openai.com/index/advancing-the-price-performance-fro...
Sol discount is until November 21, 2026 according to https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog
Luna — costs in cents
+--------+--------+---------+
| Effort | Before | After |
+--------+--------+---------+
| max | 7.83 | 1.57 |
| xhigh | 4.24 | 0.85 |
| high | 2.46 | 0.49 |
| medium | 1.26 | 0.25 |
| low | 0.76 | 0.15 |
| none | 0.71 | 0.14 |
+--------+--------+---------+
Per million tokens:
Before: $1 input / $6 output
After: $0.20 input / $1.20 output
Sol — costs in cents
+--------+--------+---------+
| Effort | Before | After |
+--------+--------+---------+
| max | 48.55 | 32.37 |
| xhigh | 24.11 | 16.08 |
| high | 10.38 | 6.92 |
| medium | 10.55 | 7.03 |
| low | 8.33 | 5.55 |
| none | 5.90 | 3.93 |
+--------+--------+---------+
Per million tokens:
Before: $5 input / $30 output
After: $4 input / $20 output
Terra — costs in cents
+--------+--------+---------+
| Effort | Before | After |
+--------+--------+---------+
| max | 32.09 | 25.67 |
| xhigh | 14.67 | 11.74 |
| high | 3.74 | 2.99 |
| medium | 3.46 | 2.77 |
| low | 3.47 | 2.78 |
| none | 2.60 | 2.08 |
+--------+--------+---------+
Per million tokens:
Before: $2.50 input / $15 output
After: $2 input / $12 outputI posted this in the other Astra thread but it's just fallen off the homepage, so... Pelicans from Astra, plus 5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna for comparison: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p... I think this is a genuinely interesting comparison grid. Astra may be more expensive, but if you have a budget of 10 cents for a Pelican Astra low gives you something SO much better than the other models. Ast…
You’re closer to this than I am but do you find it odd that helmets are almost never included? Biking is almost always accompanied by helmets