$200 sub = up to $20k usage
A $200/month Codex subscription can yield up to $20,000 worth of token usage per month when factoring in usage resets that restore a full week of compute.
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3D Reasoning & Blender: A Genuine Surprise
At 34:28 · chapter starts 34:10
Theo walks through a live demonstration that visibly surprises even him: he gave 5.6 his old fish slap game codebase and asked it to rebuild the game in 3D. Without being told anything about the game's theme or style, the model not only built a functional 3D game but also generated 3D assets using Blender via its CLI access. The resulting fish assets are recognizable if cursed, and the game itself plays and functions correctly. Theo hadn't read a line of the code. The moment lands as a real marker of how far things have come: a year ago the conversation was about whether models could code at all, now Theo's complaint is about the default hotkey choices. This segment also surfaces an interesting technical detail — Blender has a CLI, which the model discovered and used autonomously.
The $200 Sub, $14k Worth of Usage Explained
A $200/month Codex subscription provides access to approximately $14,000 worth of API token compute in any given period according to Semianalysis measurements. With mid-month resets that restore a full week of usage, the practical ceiling hits around $20,000 per month — making extreme testing economically rational for power users.
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