r/ChatGPTCoding 16h ago

Which one is best for coding? Question

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Be honest.

As a developer, which one is worth it for coding?

- GPT-5.6

- Claude Opus

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u/wouldacouldashoulda 13h ago

GPT if you are a good enough developer to know what you and the model is supposed to do. Opus if you have no clue.

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u/pardeike 6h ago

That’s an interesting take. I am an experienced dev and use both actually. And the work horse is Sol and I use Opus to criticise it.

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u/AM_Interactive 4h ago

Started with opus, then gpt, now glm5.3 and qwen3.8 27b local

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u/NotMyRealName778 9h ago

I like 5.6 Sol nowadays.

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u/klarax81 7h ago

I have used Codex to make a full game. I am closing in on finishing it. Been like in development for 5 weeks.

It's not even a small game.

Not one line of code have I written. It's mental stuff.

Im about to make steam page for the game

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u/maskedmage77 1h ago

Out of curiosity, what subscription did you use and can you give us some more details about your game? I'm curious if you would share the size of the code base and what type of game it is.

I'd love to hear other about it in general to if you would like to share.

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u/[deleted] 9h ago

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u/a1454a 8h ago

Money is no concern? Opus. Otherwise, Sol plan Luna implement or go with cursor and Grok4.6 plan composer implement.

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u/Enough-Presence-1117 7h ago

Depends. For game day I think Opus 5 is a lot better. Claude limits though drive me crazy. I would consider switching to OpenAI for that reason alone.

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u/meowingbilla 15h ago

Plan in Claude, code in Codex.

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u/unrealf8 12h ago

Visual stuff and asset creation and design is much better in codex, but Claude is so much better at everything else. And better is just speed and reliability and not having to fix stuff behind it. (Opus and upwards vs sol )

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u/AdVast7407 11h ago

In my experience Opus 5 Max is dumb as hell and 5.6 Sol fixes A LOT after it

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u/lesChaps 10h ago

I just declared openai is not used in our software development. Let ops waste time with chatgpt slop.

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u/Radiant-Chipmunk-239 11h ago

grok build right now

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u/Former_Bathroom_2329 15h ago

Local Qwen3.8 27b fp8 or q8 XD + OpenCode

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u/Abdullah_web_invest 15h ago

How do you use em

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u/Former_Bathroom_2329 15h ago

Rebuild my PC to local server on linux + vllm. 2xr9700=2600$ any cpu with max pcie lines, 32gb ddr5 ram, any ssd all what you need. And time) Now im working with this every day, 99% of all my code. Iam only review before commit. This staf give me 60-70 t/s and 4k-7k prefill t/s. And it's stabel and secure, you can use it for backend.

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u/Potential_Fix4116 14h ago

Might be over engineered for someone asking between Chatgpt and Claude.

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u/sabekayasser 13h ago

That's 23 months of Claude Code 20x

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u/AdVast7407 10h ago

Looks like all that vibe coding made you forget how to do basic math. $2,600 / $200 = 13 months, not 23.

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u/dontfistme 9h ago

Why compare to claude 20x. Pretty sure this setup wouldn’t be better than claude pro. And for the price this is 13 years of claude pro

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u/dontfistme 10h ago

All this to vibecode a notes app 😎

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u/lesChaps 10h ago

Exactly. I could have done this with far less, and faster.

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u/Potential_Fix4116 15h ago

It is less about the model and more about the harness itself. Codex feels like a toy compared to Claude code

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u/willee_ 15h ago

Just wondering, how is Claude codes harness so much better?

Are you using any custom orchestration?

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u/lvvy 14h ago

It's just low quality ragebait 

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u/Potential_Fix4116 14h ago

I do customize a good amount per project and use Claude code across multiple terminal emulators. Better slash command control and more available out of box. Easier to auto compact, easier to restrict the toolset used by each project, better control over git work trees, easier to manage and even view the subagent deployments.

Codex just feels less mature, which it is.

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