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Benchmark check: maximum effort buys little, and cheaper models close the gap

On the Artificial Analysis index, Opus 5.5 at XHigh effort gains only about one point for roughly 8 times the cost, so High may be the best setting for now. The same poster notes that Sol scores about two points below Sonnet for much less money, that Micro...

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-10-31T18:40:00+00:00 Detected 2026-10-31T21:28:09+00:00
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On the Artificial Analysis index, Opus 5.5 at XHigh effort gains only about one point for roughly 8 times the cost, so High may be the best setting for now. The same poster notes that Sol scores about two points below Sonnet for much less money, that Micro...

On the Artificial Analysis index, Opus 5.5 at XHigh effort gains only about one point for roughly 8 times the cost, so High may be the best setting for now. The same poster notes that Sol scores about two points below Sonnet for much less money, that Microsoft's Copilot Fusion lands about two points below Claude...

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