Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol: Coding Brawn vs Budget Reach
Desmond Park·
If you're picking a coding model today, it's a two-horse race between Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol. My verdict: Opus 5 wins on raw agentic coding quality, but Sol is the smarter buy for high-volume work. The gap isn't huge — but the $1 price difference per million input tokens changes the math fast. Let's break it down.
