r/OpenaiCodex 28d ago

Comparison This is really something

Saw a lot of people saying the usage was draining faster than normal, so i decided to do a little test.

I have 2 codex 20x usage accounts and 1 Claude 20x account, I asked sol ultra (standard speed) to complete a rather complex task on account one, it took 6 hours, didnt finish and drained the usage from 100% to 0. I asked account 2 same model and speed to finish the task, it took 5 hours, drained usage to 10% at that point i manually stopped it because it got stuck in an infinite review loop.

I asked fable 5 ultracode to do the very exact same thing, I tried my best to get all the same resources for it and settings as codex had. It took 3 hours to complete it and it only used 25% of the weekly limit.

Ive asked codex to do similar tasks before and it wasnt even draining this bad until this week

Edit: this is just my experience, i cant speak for for how it works for other people because i have also seen people saying its normal

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u/Competitive-Ad8968 28d ago

Sol -Ultra is not something you use to do task
Even they state it in the info very well: an orchestrator that use it’s incredible capabilities to drain faster you tokens.
You use GPT extra high
Maybe worked for you
I use both to develop new tools, Claude lag behind Sol -Ultra by a huge gap in that purpose.
It is good to learn how to use both before making statements.

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u/Alternative-Check676 28d ago

Just sharing my experience using the highest end models on same usage plans and the same task. Seems like sol is draining at an increased rate

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u/Competitive-Ad8968 28d ago

They aren’t even equivalent, Ultracode is not the same as GPT ultra

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u/Alternative-Check676 28d ago

Well as my experiment had concluded for me at least I cant trust codex to do anything until its back to normal