[SyneRyder]

I did a quick look for 200k models on OpenRouter. There's a lot of previous-gen Minimax 2.5 & 2.7, GLM 5.1 that are around 200k.

But also on the list at 200k are "Free Models Router" and "Claude Haiku 4.5". I would not recommend making any judgment of AI based on free models. And coding with Haiku is a bad idea... I mean, that was my first code AI test too, but it's just not an accurate impression.

To be fair, Opus 4.1 & 4.5 are also listed as 200k. They did require context management for large & difficult tasks. But if you do have access to Opus, there's very little reason not to switch to 4.8 / Sonnet 1 Million now. I wouldn't recommend Sonnet, but I have used it to write a USB audio driver that got some hardware working on an obscure OS, so it can work.

[jeffyaw]

you're right, i remember pre 4.6 i believe 200k was the norm.