Sonnet 5.5 costs 6x more than Sonnet 5 for the blue cube slicing animation
For the same knife-slicing-a-translucent-cube animation, Sonnet 5.5 took 12 min 41 sec and $2.85 to produce finer water droplets and light transmission, while Sonnet 5 took only 4 min 58 sec and $0.46.
🚨 Sonnet 5.5 cost 6x more than Sonnet 5 to slice one blue cube. Is the result worth $2.39 extra? the test: a knife cuts through a translucent cube. same scene, two generations of Claude Sonnet 5: 4 min 58 sec, $0.46, 29K output tokens Sonnet 5.5: 12 min 41 sec, $2.85, 97K output tokens look at the results Sonnet 5.5 builds a much bigger and richer cube. water droplets on the surface, light passing through, a blade that actually cuts it into pieces Sonnet 5 delivers a simpler version, in less than half the time 2.5x the time. 3.3x the tokens. 6x the price the gap in quality is clear. the gap in price is clearer would you pay 6x for the detail? 👀
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