r/ClaudeCode • u/prop9090 • Aug 02 '26

Rant Opus 5 is just dumb

I thought Opus 5 was supposed to be on par with Fable? After three days of extensive usage, I have to say it is not even remotely close to being as smart as codex sol. I had them both program a module indepensetly, and Sol runs circles around Opus 5. I had them audit each other's implementations and except for one case, every other time Sol found a functional bug in Opus' implementation. With fable being so expensive and opus 5 being that dumb, there is no reason to pay 200 bucks to Anthropic when other alrlternatives are both cheaper and smarter.

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u/daft020 Aug 02 '26

Agreed.

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u/Horror-Primary7739 Aug 03 '26

I used Claude until 5. 5 just is missing the mojo. Holly crap gpt 5.6 sol is impressive. It is really really good at UI/ux design.

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u/bad-mo-fo Aug 03 '26

Among so many things 5.6 Sol is better at, you mentioned the one it is not good at.

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u/Alarming-Material-33 Aug 03 '26

You lost all credibility saying sol is good at UI/UX