let's not forget the forest for the trees. the new pricing is more aligned with their previous generation of similar models.
case in point 5.4-nano, which is the only model of its class which is now finally comparable to 5.6-luna in pricing. [1] until this change, workflows using the older model could not economically justify the old luna pricing.
the doubling in price between 5.4 and 5.5 also did not help with things, but now 5.6-terra can be considered an update for this pricing tier.
if the token efficiency is real (which i am yet to replicate for our workflows), then the switch to these models can be a net benefit. thank you chinese labs!
case in point 5.4-nano, which is the only model of its class which is now finally comparable to 5.6-luna in pricing. [1] until this change, workflows using the older model could not economically justify the old luna pricing.
the doubling in price between 5.4 and 5.5 also did not help with things, but now 5.6-terra can be considered an update for this pricing tier.
if the token efficiency is real (which i am yet to replicate for our workflows), then the switch to these models can be a net benefit. thank you chinese labs!
[1] https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing#text-tokens