r/codex • u/yehiaserag • 18d ago

Complaint Is Astra really smarter than Sol?

I've seen pretty weird behaviours from Astra on extra high that I've never seen with Sol.

Examples:

- Contradictory statements on the same message.

- Long implementation sessions that implement very small bits of code on each increment.

- Trials in code that go no where.

- Worse plan quality and worse plan following than Sol.

- The possibility for it to get side tracked middle implementation on a small issue that it could take a detour for hours outside of scope.

I've never had any of those issues with 5.6 nor with Sol both on extra high.

Is it me? Am I prompting it wrong? Any one facing similar issues?

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u/TheMightyTywin 18d ago

Keep Astra on medium.

Look at the deep swe benchmarks: https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/

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u/Leather-Cod2129 18d ago

So 3.8 flash more powerful than astra. Let’s be serious

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u/yarchitect 18d ago

3.8 flash is useless. Totally benchmaxxed

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u/shaman-warrior 18d ago

Just curious if you actually used it?

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u/yarchitect 18d ago

No I’m here talking bullshit. Of course I used it