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Cognition Plans to Bring GPT-6 Astra to Devin

September 4, 2026 at 00:33 EDT

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Cognition says GPT-6 Astra will soon be available in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI, with an addition to Devin Cloud planned. The company reports that Astra comes within 0.4 points of Fable 5 on FrontierCode 1.1 while costing 64% less.

September 3, 2026 · Cognition

GPT-6 Astra is headed to Devin

Astra is planned for Devin Desktop, Devin CLI, and Devin Cloud, with a reported near-Fable 5 result at substantially lower cost.

The headline figures

64%

lower claimed cost

0.4

FrontierCode points from Fable 5

1.05M

token context window

Normalized cost comparison

The claimed reduction leaves Astra at 36 cost units

100

Fable 5 cost index

GPT-6 Astra cost index

Index uses Fable 5 as 100; the 36 figure is the arithmetic implication of a 64% reduction.

Reported strengths

Testing output aims beyond code

More comprehensive tests
Clearer reports
More user-friendly video evidence

Watch points

Performance still needs real-world testing

Early access is staged
Some developers report slow responses
Audio and video input are unsupported

Why the benchmark matters

Quality and mergeability sit alongside raw completion

FrontierCode 1.1 uses a weighted aggregate, and solutions that fail blocking criteria receive zero. That makes the reported result a measure of usable engineering work, not only generated code.

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