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claude-opus-5

claude-opus-5 has 3 tested configurations. Its highest published overall score is 81.70 at max. Inspect dimension scores, evaluation time, and reference cost below.

Overall score81.70

claude-opus-5 · max

Backend engineering
70
Frontend interaction
87
Knowledge & Reasoning
95
Visual aesthetics
73
Maintainability
61
Evaluation time
92m 12s
Reference cost
$7.99

Complete evaluation · API reference cost

Overall rank 6 / 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
76.95688590615766m 37s$4.06
77.75748785665980m 26s$5.68
81.70708795736192m 12s$7.99

Score breakdown

Overall score
81.70
Evaluation time
92m 12s
Reference cost
$7.99

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries11 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures15 / 20

Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.

CI and adversarial review14 / 20

Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.

Transactions and consistency15 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression15 / 20

Cache invalidation, data updates, and regression coverage.

What changes with higher reasoning effort

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

xhigh max
Overall
+4.0 pts
77.75 81.70
Reference cost
+$2.32
$5.68 $7.99
Evaluation time
+14.6%
80m 26s 92m 12s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes