@wenhaocha1: The Pareto frontier is misleading for general users. Price it by subscription instead of API. With cache hits, Opus 5.5…
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The author argues that Pareto frontier benchmarks mislead general users, claiming that when pricing is compared via subscription rather than API rates (with cache hits), Opus 5.5 using Claude Code at 20x is superior to every other model.
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The Pareto frontier is misleading ❌ for general users. Price it by subscription instead of API. With cache hits, Opus 5.5 with Claude Code 20x has already killed every other model. https://t.co/0l9hEXqpMX
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