GPT-6 Astra tops Code Arena at 1797 pts — fourth #1 coding model in a week
annbordetsky · x · 2026-09-07
Real-world Code Arena results are in: GPT-6 Astra (Max) takes the #1 WebDev spot with 1797 pts, a +35 pt lead over Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) at 1762 and Claude Opus 5 (Max) at 1688.
- Priced at $40/Mtoken, matching the latest Claude, it reshapes the performance-price Pareto frontier
- +180 pts over GPT-5.6 Sol (xHigh), which sits at #13
- Already #1 in Data & Analytics, Consumer Product and Content Creation Tools; #2 in Gaming and Simulations
/mlangelopoulos notes the extraordinary pace of labs hill-climbing on coding: four different models held the #1 spot in the past week alone — GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Opus 5 and Qwen 3.8 (all Max) — with large jumps each time.
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