Ask HN: Is GPT-6 Astra worth the 2.5x cost increase over GPT-5.6 Sol?

A Hacker News user posting as minimaxir asked whether GPT-6 Astra justifies a 2.5x cost increase over GPT-5.6 Sol, reporting that social media comments are mixed when ironic posts are discounted, similar to the Fable-Opus transition. The poster said Astra unblocked novel projects where GPT-5.6 Sol left them stuck, but called it not a significant improvement otherwise, and noted Astra's greater efficiency may mean the cost is not actually 2.5x for their use case.

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