The Pelican comparison grid for Astra is pretty interesting
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token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
Why it matters
Testing GPT-6 Astra across reasoning levels shows it beats GPT-5.6 Sol's best output even at low settings, though it still misses pelican leg placement below max, and runs roughly 2x Sol's per-tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition → price while using fewer tokens overall.
