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3.6 is roughly 50% faster, which isn't totally insignificant for being marginally more expensive.[1]

[1]artificialanalysis.ai

Sure, but there's no sota alternative from Google. That's it, and its beaten by GLM 5.2 on every measure except somewhat speed.

I find that quite staggering. GLM is open weights

Speed is definitely a marketable quality. All these things are a trade-off and solely measuring against SOTA I don't feel is always helpful.