Users say Opus 5 outperforms Sonnet 5 in their real-world workflow
dejavucoder · x · 2026-07-26
A user says they use Opus 5 on medium and high settings for their work and mostly skip Sonnet 5.
The reply suggests that non-thinking Opus 5 may actually outperform thinking Sonnet 5 in this setup, and that the provider may be hiding an unfavorable comparison.
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