6.1-sol (xhigh) vs opus-5.5 (xhigh) reasoning token length distribution comparison

A community benchmark posted on LinuxDo on October 21 compares the reasoning-token length distributions of 6.1-sol (xhigh) and opus-5.5 (xhigh). The statistics show that opus-5.5 (xhigh) produces more than twice the average reasoning tokens of 6.1-sol (xhigh) with a pronounced long tail — described as "thunderous deep thinking" — while its cumulative distribution curve is smooth; by contrast, 6.1-sol shows a jump at the 518k-2 position and suffers severe 516-truncation issues. This matters because reasoning token length directly determines agent-task cost and latency, and this real-world community dataset offers rare empirical evidence for choosing high-reasoning-tier models.

• LinuxDo2026-10-21 14:57