[blueblisters]

I know most people feel 5.2 is a better coding model but Opus has come in handy several times when 5.2 was stuck, especially for more "weird" tasks like debugging a VIO algorithm.

5.2 (and presumably 5.3) is really smart though and feels like it has higher "raw" intelligence.

Opus feels like a better model to talk to, and does a much better job at non-coding tasks especially in the Claude Desktop app.

Here's an example prompt where Opus in Claude put in a lot more effort and did a better job than GPT5.2 Thinking in ChatGPT:

`find all the pure software / saas stocks on the nyse/nasdaq with at least $10B of market cap. and give me a breakdown of their performance over the last 2 years, 1 year and 6 months. Also find their TTM and forward PE`

Opus usage limits are a bummer though and I am conditioned to reach for Codex/ChatGPT for most trivial stuff.

Works out in Anthropic's favor, as long as I'm subscribed to them.