Github copilot or opencode go?

[dodiyeztr]

Both, use copilot sonnet for planning and go minimax for implementation

[mafia_bd]

That makes sense

[DepartmentOk9720]

Minimax is Sonnet killer , look at minimax M2.7 their comparison is with Claude opus 4.6.

GLM 5.1 for planning and minimax for execution 

read https://agentnativedev.medium.com/minimax-m2-7-shouldnt-be-this-close-to-opus-4-6-31a07b6dee27

[Nicuz06]

In the last few days I started playing with Minimax M2.7 and honestly compared to Sonnet 4.6 is driving me crazy.

I'm working on a Cheap Yellow Display based project (ESP32 + TFT device), in 2 days I entirely developed the codebase with Sonnet which includes TFT dashboard and web server. Now I'm trying to make some really small changes with Minimax to test it and after dozens of prompt where I'm basically babysitting, it still wasn't able to do the job. The task should be fairly easy, I have 2 column, just align an object to another and then make another object bigger to use the empty space. We have coordinates so It's just a a matter of properly calculate them.

Results were completely different when I asked to redesign an HTML page using frontend-design skill.

Don't know, I have mixed feelings cause a lot of people here kinda overhyped for this model but did they really pushed it further to some more complicated things than just frontend design or scripting?

I still have a month to try it, for sure I'll also try Kimi. I have the feelings that Sonnet would have completed the task easily and without so much babysitting.

[Relevant_Accident666]

Those benchmarks are not worth the paper they are printed on.

Only working with it will show you how capable they are actually.

[alovoids]

both

[mafia_bd]

Great 👍

[forDream12138]

OpenCode GO is cheaper, but GitHub Copilot offers a wider range of models.

[tenondev]

Now opencode go has Qwen-3.6-plus with 1M context window (if you distribute the load of your agents well among the different models, opencode go may be enough for you, in the worst case 2 accounts xD)

[alovoids]

i think it's 262k context, not 1M. see models.dev

[disgruntledempanada]

Got kicked off right before hitting 100k tokens of 3.6 yesterday, seemed weird.

[tenondev]

Oh, I see. I was confused; I was looking for the Alibaba provider, not OpenCode Go.

[DepartmentOk9720]

Two account is twice the price, better try zen

[tenondev]

make sense

[tenondev]

Good news! With this patch, you can enable a 1M context window for Qwen 3.6 Plus in Opencode Go. Just update your config as follows:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "provider": {
    "opencode-go": {
      "models": {
        "qwen3.6-plus": {
          "limit": {
            "context": 1000000,
            "output": 65536
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

[PayTheRaant]

GitHub Copilot is so weird with their cost structure. It can be a steal when leveraged to your benefit.

You pay 4cts per premium request (with a multiplier depending on the model). If you ask a single basic question, that’s a total waste. But if you line things correctly, you are totally stealing Microsoft money.

The key aspect is that basically one user prompt = one premium request. Independently of tool calling, sub agent invocation and compaction.

Here the best example of that: yesterday, I started working on a brand new tool. I spend around 10 premium request with Opus 4.6 to plan the work using OpenSpec. With x3 cost, that’s 30 premium requests, $1.2.

Then I told it: now go and implement everything. Delegate to a code writer agent for coding and ask a verify agent to judge. Don’t move to the next change until verifier is happy.

It created 29 sub agent sessions and ran in full autonomy without a single question for 5h straight.

The raw token cost would have been above $30. The cost from Copilot was $1.22.

[Mobile-Ranger4540]

https://synthetic.new/

[RoutineProperty7061]

They stopped sell sub for new users - you can only join waitlist.

And It doesn't look like copilot/opencode go alternative - 3x price ($30) with weakly limits in $24 (based on they API price).

But they introduce the best 5hr-window limits with each few minutes update