Opus 5.5 Coding Benchmark
How Opus 5.5 ranks on the LLM Coding Leaderboard, shown next to the three models directly above and below it, with the top three models included for reference. Opus 5.5 was tested at 3 effort levels, each ranked separately.
- Last evaluated: 2 weeks ago (September 30, 2026), with Claude Code.
- Last evaluated: 2 weeks ago (September 29, 2026), with Claude Code.
- Last evaluated: 2 weeks ago (October 1, 2026), with Claude Code.
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Laravel Code Quality
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React-TS Code Quality
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Bug Finding Test
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CSV Import (PHP) | Offline Sync (PHP) | Bank Feed (Dart / Flutter) | Shipping Quotes (Go) | |||||||
| 1 | GPT-6.1-Sol (High) | 68.1 | $0.22 | 07:26 | Codex CLI | 19.1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | Opus 5.5 (High) | 67.41 | $0.79 | 03:10 | Claude Code | 18.5 | 19.33 | 9.58 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | GPT-6.1-Sol (Medium) | 67.09 | $0.14 | 03:53 | Codex CLI | 18.63 | 18.67 | 9.79 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 4 | GPT-6-Astra (High) | 66.35 | $0.96 | 04:34 | Codex CLI | 18.6 | 18.17 | 9.58 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 | GPT-6-Astra (Medium) | 66.03 | $0.69 | 03:08 | Codex CLI | 18.2 | 17.83 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | Opus 5.5 (Medium) | 65.5 | $0.56 | 02:04 | Claude Code | 18.95 | 19.67 | 8.13 | 5 | 4.75 | 5 | 4 | |
| 7 | GPT-6.1-Sol (Low) | 65.36 | $0.10 | 03:30 | Codex CLI | 18.03 | 18 | 9.58 | 5 | 4.75 | 5 | 5 | |
| 8 | Sonnet 5.5 (High) | 64.31 | $0.34 | 01:53 | Claude Code | 18.68 | 18.5 | 8.13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 9 | Fable 5.1 (Medium) | 61.03 | $1.53 | 03:06 | Claude Code | 18.55 | 16.83 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 5 | 5 | |
| 10 | Opus 5.5 (Low) | 60.57 | $0.37 | 01:13 | Claude Code | 17.52 | 17.17 | 6.88 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sonnet 5.5 (Medium) | 60.54 | $0.20 | 00:58 | Claude Code | 17.88 | 18.33 | 7.08 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 5 | 4 | |
| 12 | Grok 4.7 (High) | 60.09 | $1.85 | 23:27 | Cursor | 17.7 | 18.33 | 7.81 | 4 | 3.75 | 5 | 3.5 | |
| 13 | GPT-6-Sol (High) | 59.92 | $0.31 | 05:18 | Codex CLI | 17.67 | 17.5 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 4.25 | 4.5 | 5 | |
Tutorials about Opus 5.5
Video
· Sep 23, 2026
I Tested NEW Opus 5.5 on 24 Coding Prompts. WOW.
How to read this
- Each score measures a model-and-harness configuration, not the model in isolation.
- Prices are calculated with API costs. Models tested on a subscription plan show N/A.
- Full methodology and scoring formulas are explained in this article.
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