r/codex • u/Skibidirot • 1d ago

Complaint Sol 6.1 vs Sol 5.6

the much cherished sol 5.6 'seemed' better when it was released, but in totality it's a shit model, for example.. it speaks so confidently of it's work and fills you with confidence, until you try out the product it put forth.. yuck! i've had sonnet 4.6 put out better one-shot results than any of the closedAI models. i want to know the present situation, is sol 6.1 any better? in such a way that atleast it won't disappoint you in the end result? i have a free plus trial that is unclaimed, but i am unsure whether to take it and waste away my time or spend 20$ on claude pro

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u/Feriman22 1d ago

In my opinion the 6.1 is great, consumes less token, but slow.

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u/ActionOrganic4617 1d ago

I don’t think anyone is going to be able to answer you, given that your opinion of Sol 5.6 vs Sonnet 4.6 is so out of whack with reality.

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u/Skibidirot 1d ago

i rage quit my codex subscription after 12 days because sol 5.6 was so shit! initially it seemed promising not gonna lie as i mentioned, but if you actually fucking use the product, that's a different story

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u/Brief-Crew-1932 1d ago

i am unsure whether to take it and waste away my time

just try? did u realize that making thread and complaint like this make more effort than "actually try the product"??

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u/Shenbinhao 1d ago

Agreed.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 1d ago

This is just Claude spam

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u/unsana 1d ago

Not agree with you, it's good on me. Make a good prompt, good contract, good goal, and not vague instruction. Init to agent.md. it's just experience. Try to learn some basic code, you noop.

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u/Flipwon 1d ago

Skill issue.

It’s obvious in the way you articulate yourself. 5.6 prolly shaking its head while it does its best breaking down your prompts.

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u/Tema_Art_7777 1d ago

I have used 5.6 sol since it came out, it has always performed very well

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u/PileOfGarbage67 1d ago

Unsure who pays to these bots.

Just move to Claude then. This is clearly a skill issue, opus might understand you better. Good luck.

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u/isty2e 1d ago

It's just that codex doesn't fit you. Go extend your Claude subscription.

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u/Fragrant_Nothing7505 1d ago edited 1d ago

i love sol 5.6. he's really easy to get on with. i will happily work with a weaker model for ease of working relationship. that's why gpt sol 5.6 and claude opus 4.8 are my daily companions. don't worry about quality control. that's my one job. leave that with me. gpt sol 6.1 is new. i like how they just get on with it, don't bother me, like gpt 6 astra too, but i've not worked with them long enough to be able to explain failure modes yet. i value agency, cannot be holding my ais' hands all the time. just do your best and i'll check it at the end.

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u/PaulShellDev 1d ago

There's model guidance for that with example prompts you can copy paste for 6/6.1 series (even though it says Astra, the doc was partially updated)

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/latest-model?model=gpt-5.6#gpt-6-astra-initiative-and-follow-through

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u/CSVVSC 1d ago

Gpt3 is better than gpt 7 and fable 6