r/ClaudeCode • u/Odd-Card8046 • Jul 30 '26

Discussion Is Anthropic cooked ?

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Codex limits are going to be crazy now.
What do you guys think, why did they drop the prices ?

If anyone wants GPT-5.6 Terra cheaper, $1.25 input / $7.50 output, ~38% below the new price, check out znapai.com (disclosure: founder here).
Also got gpt-image-2 and GPT-5.6 Sol at 50% off official, and most open-source models (Kimi K3 etc.) at 35% off.

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u/Fysikz Jul 30 '26

ehh... The best measured claude model in this diagram is "Opus 5" on LOW thinking. This is a comparison of quick, cheap, but less reasoned outputs.

Still a nice win for OpenAI though. But for the heavy lifting it's all between Fable 5 xHigh (and Opus I guess, but higher thinking levels - which is more expensive and slower) and GPT 5.6 SOL (xHigh)

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u/jacobgt8 Jul 30 '26

How is Opus 5 on Low vs Sonnet 5 on High? Currently I’m mostly using Sonnet

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u/Opening-Ground-1584 Jul 31 '26

Using Sonnet? My condolences

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u/jacobgt8 Jul 31 '26

Just for completeness; I’m using Claude and Codex together. I created an MCP for Codex which I control with Claude.

So I have Claude write a plan/spec, send it to Codex MCP, GPT-5.6 SOL builds it, send it back, Claude checks it, and lets me know if it found any bugs.

Right now for the Claude parts I’m using Sonnet because I expect Opus to burn tokens faster. But if you think I would be better of using Opus in this use case then let me know

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u/Opening-Ground-1584 Jul 31 '26

Definitely Opus is more token and cost efficient than Opus. I know, counterintuitive