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Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by agentdev001 on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:55PM (#50429893)
Give Terra 6.1 Low a spin in places where you'd have previously used Luna Max. Costs seem similar, due to Terra being much smarter: thus requiring far fewer tokens per task.

Looking solely at AA's intelligence index, recognizing the pitfalls with using that as a measure- Luna 6 Max > Terra 6.1 Low is 51.3% cheaper, 94.1% less output tokens, for 1.56 higher index score.

Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by Starlevel004 on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:00PM (#50429991)
I use Luna xhigh for when I use it, Luna Max spends 40+ minutes overthinking. I've also found that Terra below xhigh will just flat out not do what it is told.
Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by agentdev001 on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:31PM (#50434475)
Yea, this problem is really clear when you look at output tokens for xhigh vs max. I think the jump in capability from Luna xhigh to terra low is really sold by this. I would say that this is just the nature of being post Terra 6.1, pre-luna 6.1
Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by barrenko on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:02PM (#50430029)
What is your feel re. Terra vs. Sol?
Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by agentdev001 on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:00PM (#50434197)
They're both great- but I feel like for folks like me that are working on company's pseudo-infinite token budget, it's really a bimodal game. Im either reaching for the best cheapest for fanned out benchmark runs, or the fastest best for everything else. 6.1 Sol ultrafast is the latter for me, so Terra doesn't really compete with it. Terra has certainly replaced 6 Luna for me, however.

(And yes Astra is a thing, but if im considering Astra, im usually opting for an Anthropic model, 90% of the time.)

Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by barrenko on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:46AM (#50436549)
Appreciate it!
Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by theanonymousone on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:57PM (#50431034)
> Costs seem similar

They weren't, unfortunately, every time I tried. Just an anecdote, of course.

Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by tryptophan on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:02PM (#50432887)
My experience was the same. It is practically five to ten times more expensive than deepseek or luna.

The artificial analysis graph is not very accurate.

Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by theanonymousone on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:32AM (#50436465)
I can second your numbers too.
Re:Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember by agentdev001 on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:54PM (#50434119)
Im surprised, when I've worked through benchmarking things I've run into comparable costs for Luna Max vs Terra Low. Also anecdotal from me, of course.