This is a great example of why benchmark racing is useless for LLMs.

I use both models extensively and there is no way I would ever agree that Astra and Qwen3.8-FN are that close in the real world.

I agree with the other comments: These comparisons are silly.

You keep saying that you don’t understand why anyone would have a Claude subscription and reciting ideological reasons not to. I’m assuming this means you don’t use their new models much? That’s the only explanation I can think of for how someone could think that Opus 5.5 or even Sonnet 5.5 and Qwen3.8-FN are close.

I use them both (often Qwen3.8-FN as a subagent) and any claims that they’re actually pretty close read as downright delusional to me.