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GPT-5
2 painsavg 4.5/10
performance 2
High API costs for flagship models at scale
5Developers face high costs when using flagship OpenAI models like GPT-5, especially at high volume usage, making cost management a significant concern for production applications.
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GPT-5 performance degradation on simple tasks
4GPT-5 can feel slower than GPT-4o for simpler, everyday queries and coding tasks. Community backlash occurred regarding performance degradation for simple coding tasks before OpenAI fine-tuned model routing.
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