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Top 5 · 2026-02-17 · source-backed
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 4.6 claiming performance comparable to Opus 4.5 at $3/$15 per million tokens (vs. Opus's $5/$25). SWE-bench Verified: 79.6% (near Opus 4.6's 80.8%). OSWorld-Verified: 72.5% (tied with Opus 4.6's 72.7%). 1M token context window in beta. Now the default free-tier model on Claude.ai. Claude Code users preferred Sonnet 4.6 over Opus 4.5 59% of the time. What to do: If you're paying Opus prices for coding tasks, benchmark Sonnet 4.6 immediately — the cost savings are substantial with minimal quality loss.
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NVIDIA uses Claude Code / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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Anthropic released Claude / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
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Gemini competes with Claude / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / What happened next
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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Claude benchmarked against Codex / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
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Anthropic released Claude / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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Claude benchmarked against Codex / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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