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Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.8: cost reversal
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Opus 4.8 completed
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Sonnet 5 completed
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Sonnet 5 static image
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Opus 4.8 animation
Agentic coding benchmark
Opus 4.8
69.2
Sonnet 5
63.2
Split reception by task
Critics
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Static output on animations
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Cost reversals reported
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More hallucinations noted
Early partners
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Completes multi-step tasks
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Seen as cost-efficient
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Depends on effort setting
Is cheaper still cheaper?
AI NEWS BLITZ
Anthropic's cheaper Sonnet 5 is showing surprising reversals against Opus 4.8.