Best overall now
Claude Opus 5.5
"A premium coding candidate when better results on difficult work can justify a larger API bill."
AI-assisted, editorially reviewedEditorial summary
60.8
Quality score
Anthropic
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Best overall now
"A premium coding candidate when better results on difficult work can justify a larger API bill."
Quality score
Anthropic
Best value now
"A budget-first API candidate for repeated tasks with clear checks on the output."
Value score
Z.ai
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