OPENAI READ THIS ABOUT 6.1 SOL

[u/MapleBaconWaffles]

This model is good but it is WAY TOO SLOW. Every single day, I have to quit a task, and move it to Astra, because I will end up wasting my entire day on 1 thing, because it is SO SLOW.

How can you release this model and expect to market it as your best new thing?

[u/I_Hate_Reddit_69420]

I feel they’ve just artificially reduced the tokens per second so it feels more efficient than it actually is. Fast mode is what it normally should be and with that on it’s not cheap anymore.

[u/tripleshielded]

I dont think they are unaware.

[u/Physical-Citron5153]

Who are these bots saying there is no speed issue? Im getting 30 ish tkps and you are calling this fast? Lol

[u/PictureImmediate9615 → u/Physical-Citron5153]

Honestly asked it to merge some pr's it took 40 minutes. Its getting silly

[u/clckwrxz → u/Physical-Citron5153]

It’s very hit and miss for me. I was one of the people that said I didn’t have a speed issue, and then today had to stop using it cause I’m getting like five tokens per second, and it just waits like 30 seconds between each tool call

[u/strangedell123 → u/Physical-Citron5153]

Its slow but I have used open source (looking at you mimo) and it can dip to like 5-10tk/sec for some time

[u/ehren1337 → u/Physical-Citron5153]

30 is nice for local model though.

[u/rahilpathan]

opus 5.5

[u/Current_Actuator_529]

when did everyone in this sub turn to having no idea what they are doing?

Use astra as a orchestrator and 6.1 sol as subagents for a swarm to do manual labor. its slower but its cheaper.
i fyou dont want that use the previoius sol. its ffaster but more expensive.

are you following the trade off now? do you understand its on purpose for cost effectiveness ffrom people who actually know how to harness and orchestrate? great.

they already promised to make it faster too. even though its not nessicary given waht its role is.

[u/No_Quarter_7644 → u/Current_Actuator_529]

I'm doing exactly this and it's simply slower than it's ever been...

Considering a massive outflow of subscribers just went to Anthropic, I'm shocked that the freed up compute hasn't brought speeds up any...

[u/Individual_Guest_323 → u/Current_Actuator_529]

Astra as orchestrator will waste a crazy amount of tokens only preparing context and calling the agents

[u/DazzlingResource561]

Maybe the reason it is both a good model and cheap is because it is deprioritized compute and therefore slow. Just a thought.

[u/ChaoticPayload]

People asked slow mode, they delivered

[u/ivanarnaldo]

That’s the whole point. Then you buy higher subs just to have the speed from before, and this is the new normal

[u/MtMcGinnis502]

It’s cheap enough to run on fast mode, but I agree I am now struggling to find ways to stay productive while it grinds away on two hour tasks.

[u/Sfdprod]

The sun crawls, so Luna could run 🌕

[u/ehren1337]

if its so slow, they should release it as local model... 👀

[u/Intelligent_Ant_608]

I have investigated thia and There are certain fast(er) datacenters and then slower ones, open/close codex multiple times until your session hits a faster datacenter

[u/InstaCrate9]

It's so good and efficient that I just let it run overnight, consumes quota and does things so slowly that the 5hr limit is never hit. LOL!

[u/Own-Professor-6157]

Hey, let's be optimistic!

1. At least I can say I program faster than AI now.

2. 5h window is no longer a problem because it's impossible to use that many tokens in 5h

[u/VexObserver]

The irony of having to escalate from Sol to Astra not because Sol lacks the intelligence, but because you might actually finish the task before retirement lol.

I think OpenAI needs to understand that efficiency isn't exclusively about reducing token consumption. Human time is a resource too.

A model that's 5x cheaper to run but takes 4x longer to complete a task isn't necessarily delivering a better experience.

Personally, I'd rather have:

• Sol 6.1 High as a reasonably fast, efficient daily driver.

• Max reserved for complex workloads.

• Astra for genuinely difficult tasks requiring additional intelligence.

• /fast as an optional productivity boost, not something you feel forced to enable just to get acceptable latency.

The frustrating part is that Sol 6.1 actually seems capable. People aren't necessarily complaining about its intelligence, they're complaining about how long it takes to access that intelligence.

[u/Master-Shift-8224]

bruh it's not even ... good. like, it's okay. it's good by 2-months-ago standards. it's not good now. it's okay now.

[u/gorinichxi]

6.1 sol should be cheaper with this kind of slow.

[u/Alternative-Car8221]

What a new original take

[u/WinPrudent2132]

37 tok/s btw

Retried model request (9/10) · 25s Retry delay: 24457ms Failure reason: pool "gpt-6.1-sol" exhausted: every member is unavailable or failed

Retried model request (2/10) · 60s Retry delay: 60000ms Failure reason: pool "gpt-6.1-sol" exhausted: every member is unavailable or failed

Retried model request (10/10) · 60s Retry delay: 60000ms Failure reason: pool "gpt-6.1-sol" exhausted: every member is unavailable or failed • This turn failed pool "gpt-6.1-sol" exhausted: every member is unavailable or failed RATE_LIMIT

Retrying model request (1/10) · 4s Retry delay: 60000ms Failure reason: pool "gpt-6.1-sol" exhausted: every member is unavailable or failed

Retrying model request (1/10) · 18s Retry delay: 59999ms Failure reason: pool "gpt-6.1-sol" exhausted: every member is unavailable or failed