User says Opus 5 beats 4.8 and is notably more token-efficient
film_girl · x · 2026-07-25
Very short user feedback on Opus 5: the author says it feels better than Opus 4.8 for them, especially at medium settings, and uses noticeably fewer tokens.
- Main claim: better quality than 4.8 in their use case.
- Secondary claim: materially more token-efficient.
- No benchmark data, just a practical impression from real usage.
Related event: Claude Opus 5 Early Tests: Better Efficiency but Overly Proactive(29 posts)→
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