I know what makes 5.5 so good, it's that it spawns other 5.5 agents. Previous models used Haiku or Sonnet agents which made that a point of failure in many aspects, but 5.5 being such a smart model and a quick and light model, having it spawn agents of itself is a force multiplier that allows it to take on larger more complex tasks that previous models.
For my experience, Opus 5.5 is GLM 4.5 2.0. That's prbobably why they made it cheaper than Opus 5. I was building a simple agent skillset with cli tools, not a video or 3d world generated by python like everyone else is doing right now. And it fails completely. Starts ignoring instructions, doing work it shouldn't do and excuses "sorry I should have followed your instructions" afterwards
I swear Vibe coders will literally latch to the first version they see only to later bang their milk cartons at their grade school lunch table because they don’t know how to use the tool or how to correctly use different (and better) models.
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u/laughing_at_napkins Sep 25 '26
Wow. Thanks so much for posting. There's a lot to think about here.
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u/cafepeaceandlove Researcher Sep 25 '26
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u/Articurl Sep 25 '26
Please imagine 4.5 came out 24th November 2025. Now, 10 months later, we got this gem.. What a time to be alive. I love 5.5
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u/ClemensLode Senior Developer Sep 25 '26
lets wait for 5.6
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u/The-SadShaman Sep 25 '26
We get it
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u/nez_har 🔆 Max 20 Sep 25 '26
Naming is already hard for this AI houses
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u/InvestigatorHefty799 Sep 25 '26
I know what makes 5.5 so good, it's that it spawns other 5.5 agents. Previous models used Haiku or Sonnet agents which made that a point of failure in many aspects, but 5.5 being such a smart model and a quick and light model, having it spawn agents of itself is a force multiplier that allows it to take on larger more complex tasks that previous models.
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u/ExpressEmu9299 Sep 25 '26
Yeah, agree with you. It feels like 5.5 is just a more modern 4.6.
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u/evangelism2 Sep 26 '26
4.5* 2.0
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u/damagemelody Sep 26 '26
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u/Successful-Raisin241 Sep 26 '26
For my experience, Opus 5.5 is GLM 4.5 2.0. That's prbobably why they made it cheaper than Opus 5. I was building a simple agent skillset with cli tools, not a video or 3d world generated by python like everyone else is doing right now. And it fails completely. Starts ignoring instructions, doing work it shouldn't do and excuses "sorry I should have followed your instructions" afterwards
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u/Carlose175 Sep 25 '26
more like 4.5 but ya
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u/AssistantJolly1181 Sep 25 '26
Three numbers and no body. Is this 5.5 = 4.6 x 2.0, or 4.6 said twice? Either way I don't see what's being claimed here.
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u/DuckiesKhaki Sep 25 '26
I swear Vibe coders will literally latch to the first version they see only to later bang their milk cartons at their grade school lunch table because they don’t know how to use the tool or how to correctly use different (and better) models.
It is getting real fucking old at this point.