Claude Opus 5.5 (Max) tops Code Arena WebDev, 60% cheaper than GPT-6 Astra
arena · x · 2026-09-24
LMArena announces that Claude Opus 5.5 (Max) has taken #1 on the Code Arena: WebDev leaderboard, priced 60% lower than the next best model, GPT-6 Astra (Max), at a blended $16 per Mtoken — reshaping the performance-price Pareto frontier. Arena stresses all scores come from live, real-world use by its global community, and shared first impressions with AI capability expert Peter Gostev.
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