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claude-opus-4-8

claude-opus-4-8 has 3 tested configurations. Its highest published overall score is 76.80 at xhigh. Inspect dimension scores, evaluation time, and reference cost below.

Overall score76.80

claude-opus-4-8 · xhigh

Backend engineering
61
Frontend interaction
87
Knowledge & Reasoning
90
Visual aesthetics
68
Maintainability
55
Evaluation time
102m 10s
Reference cost
$9.18

Complete evaluation · API reference cost

Overall rank 14 / 44 models · Best tested effortBackend tested · 9/10/2026Tasks & methodology

Results by reasoning effort

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Model / effortOverallBackend engineeringFrontend interactionKnowledge & ReasoningVisual aestheticsMaintainabilityTotal eval. timeTotal ref. costCompare
65.65487275665584m 26s$4.40
76.806187906855102m 10s$9.18
75.856488856855106m 52s$16.33

Score breakdown

Overall score
76.80
Evaluation time
102m 10s
Reference cost
$9.18

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries7 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures16 / 20

Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.

CI and adversarial review11 / 20

Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.

Transactions and consistency15 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression12 / 20

Cache invalidation, data updates, and regression coverage.

What changes with higher reasoning effort

Compare overall scores, cost, and time across neighboring tested efforts.

high xhigh
Overall
+11.2 pts
65.65 76.80
Reference cost
+$4.77
$4.40 $9.18
Evaluation time
+21.0%
84m 26s 102m 10s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes