Reviewer: Claude Opus 5.5's real win is taste, not benchmarks — usage far lower than expected
Hesamation · x · 2026-09-27
- Hesamation shares impressions of using Opus back in Claude Code: the big win isn't benchmarks but TASTE — taste in approach and design; the model feels smart, efficient, and genuinely fun to work with.
- Usage: after days of heavy use, consumption is far lower than expected, though he can't tell whether that's Opus or recent Claude Code efficiency gains.
- Compared to older verbose, needy Claude versions, he says Opus 5.5 matches Astra at grinding on a task for hours and suggests lapsed users give it another shot.
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