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No, GPT-5.5 Didn't Beat Opus 4.8 - and Mythos 5 Just Made the Chart Irrelevant

No, GPT-5.5 Didn't Beat Opus 4.8 - and Mythos 5 Just Made the Chart Irrelevant

June 13, 2026

The screenshots claiming GPT-5.5 dethroned Opus 4.8 went viral on a single cherry-picked benchmark. Look at the full board and the story flips: Opus 4.8 holds the line, and Mythos 5 and Fable 5 don't just win - they leave the rest of the field a generation behind.

Benchmarks Claude OpenAI Analysis
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GPT-5.5 Landed at $5 a Million Tokens - and the Pricing Floor Just Moved Again

GPT-5.5 Landed at $5 a Million Tokens - and the Pricing Floor Just Moved Again

April 24, 2026

OpenAI shipped GPT-5.5 on April 23 with a million-token context window and a price that undercuts what a flagship used to cost. The benchmarks are good. The pricing is the real story.

OpenAI GPT-5.5 Pricing Model Release
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Veo 2.1: Google's Answer to Sora 2

Veo 2.1: Google's Answer to Sora 2

October 4, 2025

Google's Veo 2.1 launches with enhanced control, longer duration, and competitive pricing against Sora 2.

Veo Video Google Production
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