GPT-6 Astra on OpenRouter

Post by neutronicus » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC

bnorton wrote: post #68

simonw wrote: post #19

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…

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

Post by sumedh » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC

bnorton wrote: post #68

simonw wrote: post #19

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…

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

Post by petilon » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC

simonw wrote: post #19

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…

Post by vessenes » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC

pizza234 wrote: post #60

vb-8448 wrote: post #51

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I find curios that Astra's pelicans are basically the same (yellow sun top right corner, green bike, same bike shape, same legs style, very similar background) while in other there is more randomness.

Astra is the only model that correctly depicts occlusion of crank and leg, although interestingly, at max and medium levels (not in between).

Post by dprkh » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 2:11 AM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #35

XCSme wrote: post #22

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.

That's quite shocking, at a sufficiently advanced level we can make all non-realistic graphics purely out of SVGs, as they'd have good scaling for things like logos and app icons. I know it was technically and theoretically possible before AI but most people weren't spending hours tweaking SVG HTML. I remember making an SVG dark mode toggle icon and it took days to get it right, I assume it's one shottable now.