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  simonw
  I posted this in the other Astra thread but it's just fallen off the homepage, so...Pelicans from Astra, plus 5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna for comparison: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...I think this is a genuinely interesting comparison grid. Astra may be more expensive, but if you have a budget of 10 cents for a Pelican Astra low gives you something SO much better than the other models.Astra uses less tokens overall too, for better results.Astra transcript here: https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht...
• jjcm
  It's ability to handle non-90 degree cutouts and shapes for web dev is one of the best I've seen. The vision model on this is VERY capable.Here's an image design source of truth: https://image.non.io/78f4cd8b-2560-4643-9a51-96a89171f994.we...And here's the page it build from it: https://image.non.io/e7d3a9e5-f9df-4fd8-b79f-1f90280f978f.we...Note the flowing svg lines, and how accurately it recreated them. Here's Opus 5 for comparison - you can really see how while Astra really recreated the flow that was in the original design, opus only got the general vibe: https://image.non.io/dfe13de0-4487-431f-8b69-544ff3030dac.we...One thing I will say is you are paying for quality. That site build cost $24 - extremely non-trivial for a simple frontend.
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  XCSme
  That's some crazy SVG generation:https://aibenchy.com/compare/openai-gpt-6-astra-high/google-...It took a while to test it, initially OpenRouter was giving Not Found errors for this model ID.
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  kingstnap
  Its also available finally to Pro users! Just took 24 hours.
• sumedh
  Just got access to it on Plus plan in Australia. 2 Banked resets as well.
• vb-8448
  Played in codex app a couple of hours today: it feels much faster than SOL, even if the TPS is half of it.
• algoth1
  Just got it. European plus user here. Only codex, no chatgpt
• jaesonaras
  Anyone had success using Astra as a Foundry model via Github Copilot? The error I get is that tooling is not available if reasoning has a value.
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  gavinray
  I have GPT-6 access in Codex and OpenAI API nowI'm a Business plan user with Cyber verification enabled, FWIW.
• r_lee
  is Azure for this actually ZDR?
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  starik36
  What is the actual utility of using this model on Azure? It's twice as expensive, according to the link.Do Azure offer something that simply hitting the OpenAI endpoint doesn't provide?
• cute_boi
  I got it, but sadly no resets...
• vatsachak
  Damn I am so hyped
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  6thbit
  Invoking simonw for pelicans pretty please.
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  Osama0456
  is it finally available on openrouter and what about fable 5.1