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Claude Opus 5.5: same paint balloon prompt across five effort levels, $1.42 to $33.22

One prompt run at each of Opus 5.5's five effort levels produced paint balloon videos costing $1.42 at low and $33.22 at max, and with labels covered most people could barely tell the difference.

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@AIMind_AiArchived 19 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.14

AiMind @AIMind_AiOriginally posted 2026.10.14

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Claude Opus 5.5 threw the same paint balloon at a wall on all five effort levels. Low cost $1.42. Max cost $33.22. One prompt, one run each, API prices. Max worked over 2 hours, low finished in 43 minutes. Cover the labels and pick max. Most people pay 23x for a difference they'd miss with the labels off.

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