Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

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Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol in real side-by-side tests: 3 posts from X where both got the same prompt; 2 posts report cost or time. Judge coding ability from the actual outputs.

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Summary

Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol appear together in 3 posts on X: Flappy Bird, 3 models with costs (@noclipepe), No Man's Sky from scratch, 4 models (@remakebench) and checkout-outage incident room (@thevibefounder). 2 of them are part of larger lineups with other models. In @noclipepe's Flappy Bird, 3 models with costs, GPT-5.6 Sol was cheaper ($0.15 vs $0.253), as reported in the post. In @remakebench's No Man's Sky from scratch, 4 models, GPT-5.6 Sol was cheaper ($20.84 vs $133.83) and faster (1 h 30 min vs 2 h 32 min), as reported in the post.

What each post reports

Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol: cost, time and tokens as stated in each post
PostModelTimeCostTokensOriginal
Flappy Bird, 3 models with costs@noclipepeGPT-5.6 Sol—$0.15—X post
Flappy Bird, 3 models with costs@noclipepeClaude Opus 5—$0.253—X post
No Man's Sky from scratch, 4 models@remakebenchClaude Opus 52 h 32 min$133.83—X post
No Man's Sky from scratch, 4 models@remakebenchGPT-5.6 Sol1 h 30 min$20.84—X post
Checkout-outage incident room@thevibefounderClaude Opus 5———X post
Checkout-outage incident room@thevibefounderGPT-5.6 Sol———X post

Only numbers stated in each post. “—” means the post doesn’t say.

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