Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol: same price, different bills
At the same per-token price, GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5 are run side by side on a video build, and the author breaks down five metrics that actually decide the bill, including token counts and rounds per fix.
same price. two different bills. i watched both builds side by side. gpt-6.1 sol on top, sonnet 5.5 below. both cost $2 in and $10 out per million tokens. what the clip doesn't show: tokens per task rounds per fix effort setting the price page tells you the rate. the invoice tells you what the work cost. i broke down the 5 numbers that decide which bill you get below.
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