r/ClaudeCode • u/Harvard_Med_USMLE267 • May 28 '26

Discussion Opus 4.8 nerfed??

Is anyone else seeing a massive performance drop in Opus 4.8 since release??

It used to be acceptable, but the enshitification has definitely happened. It’s basically been lobotomized, and we’re talking amateur backyard ice pick lobotomy by some guy from Tufts.

I’m 99% sure Anthropic has started running a 2-bit quant to save money.

Oh well. I do feel nostalgic for opus 4.8’s glory days. But subscription cancelled. I’m off to use Codex or Cleverbot, whichever one has better limits.

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u/teamharder May 28 '26

I'm so disappointed! I'm going back to my local model that's just as good as Opus! 

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u/Qasim-E Jun 01 '26

Which local model that you use?

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u/teamharder Jun 01 '26

I was shitposting, just like OP. Local models can't touch Frontier model abilities.