Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

The reasoning modes are really weird with 4.7

In my tests, asking for "none" reasoning resulted in higher costs than asking for "medium" reasoning...

Also, "medium" reasoning only had 1/10 of the reasoning tokens 4.6 used to have.

 help



Medium reasoning has regressed since 4.6. While None and Max have improved since 4.6 in our benchmark. We suspect that this is how Claude tries to cope with the increased user base. Note, Google and OpenAI probably did something similar long ago.

Oh, and also, the "none" and "medium" variants performed the same (??)

Insane! Even Haiku doesn't make such mistakes.

I am not sure it's a mistake, this might be their new "adaptive reasoning" + hidden reasoning trace, so we can't verify.

Claude is known for its shitty metering.



Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: