Claude Code Sends 4.7x More Tokens Than OpenCode Before Reading Your Prompt
systima.ai
Claude Code vs OpenCode token overhead measured at the API boundary. Out-of-the-box baselines, instruction file weight, MCP schema tax, subagent multipliers, and cache-write behaviour.
  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Unsurprising. What incentive do they have, when it comes to efficient use of the tokens they sell you?

    It’s like if Exxon gasoline only worked in Exxon cars and you had to obey the Exxon GPS.