Man I don't know if I'm living in a crazy bubble or something but GPT 5.5 is lightyears better than Opus 4.8 for me to the point where I'm honestly wondering how you're evaluating them or what kind of work you're doing.
There's specific tasks that Opus does better on like Frontend Dev and Design but for anything else 5.5 just laps it.
In my experience, for more mechanical refactoring work (like splitting a big source code file into multiple smaller ones), GPT 5.5 runs way faster than any of the Claude models. But for other tasks that require deeper reasoning, it's not that clear who is the winner.
Comparing models via benchmarks or feeling. Question remains.
If people were expressing their experiences working with two prolific software consultants across their various industries would you make the same claim? That's not to anthropomorphize the models, but to just put into perspective that the environment and circumstance is a major factor in output.
> If people were expressing their experiences working with two prolific software consultants across their various industries would you make the same claim?
If they are as ridiculous as they are when it comes to comparing models, yes I would.
There's specific tasks that Opus does better on like Frontend Dev and Design but for anything else 5.5 just laps it.