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A gummy octopus you can stretch: Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra

The same brief—a gummy octopus you can grab and stretch in the browser—given to Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. The creator prefers Opus’s squishier, brighter version and estimates its API cost at $14.01 versus $20.74.

Creator video / source-hosted
  1. Watch both octopuses side by side at the source
  2. Read the shared prompt in the creator’s reply
  3. Run the same prompt yourself before trusting the cost gap
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Video stays on the creator’s original post · our map is not the footage

What the original shows

An 18-second side-by-side of two browser toys built from one prompt. The creator describes Opus’s body squashing, tentacles stretching and everything jiggling on release, and posted the complete prompt in the thread. A follow-up post adds a jelly watermelon you can slice, at an estimated $12.48.

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Why it is interesting

A shared prompt makes this reproducible: the fairest comparison anyone can run in an afternoon.

What remains unverified

One attempt per model is not a benchmark, and the preference is the creator’s taste. The cost figures have no stated method.

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