Model comparisons
Two or more models on the same task: benchmark scores, context, price and where each one actually fits.
Claude Opus 5.5 versus GPT-6 Sol
Official tables side by side, how each vendor handles long context, five recomputable examples, and the 2026-09-29 release of gpt-6.1-sol as background.
Updated 2026-09-30
H2 2026 AI Coding Model Lineup Guide
Decision framework + three-camp overview + navigation to this site's full lineup content.
Updated 2026-09-30
Sonnet 5.5 vs Opus 5.5
Same context window, different unit prices: $2/$10 versus $4/$20, cache reads at $0.20, with worked examples.
Updated 2026-09-29
Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Open flagship vs closed flagship: a 1.2-point gap and an order-of-magnitude price gap
Updated 2026-09-21
GPT-5.6 Sol vs Terra vs Luna: Tier Comparison and Selection Guide
GPT-5.6 default: Terra daily, Luna $0.20/$1.20 for volume, Sol $4/$20 (current promo) when hard. OpenAI’s @thsottiaux, 2026-07-29 (fetched 2026-08-30): has not reduced usage on any subscription plans; Sol faster than expected; typical Sol use around 18% longer.
Updated 2026-09-21
GPT-5.5 vs Claude 4.8: 2026 Frontier AI Model Benchmark
GPT-5.5 vs Claude 4.8 head-to-head — reasoning, coding, long context, multimodal, pricing. QCode proxies both with unified subscription.
Updated 2026-09-21
GPT-5.5 vs Claude 4.7: 2026 Frontier AI Model Benchmark
GPT-5.5 vs Claude 4.7 head-to-head — reasoning, coding, long context, multimodal, pricing. QCode proxies both with unified subscription.
Updated 2026-09-21
GLM-5.3 vs Kimi K3
Two routes to the open-source lead: post-training vs giant base
Updated 2026-09-21
V4 Pro 0813 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Open 1.7T agent flagship vs the closed GPT-5.6 top tier: 53 vs 61 on intelligence, $0.66/$1.98 off-peak input/output ($1.32/$3.96 peak; official pricing page 2026-09-20) vs $4/$20 (Sol promo price, at least through 2026-11-21).
Updated 2026-09-21
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs V4 Pro
Official says Flash ahead on several axes but V4 Pro continues; price/context/choice and QCode comparison.
Updated 2026-09-21
Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro: an honest, no-hype comparison
There is no shared benchmark across Anthropic, OpenAI and Google — so compare Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on price, value and availability, not one score. Honest specs, blank benchmark cells, and how to trial all three on one QCode key.
Updated 2026-09-21
Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
A half-point war: what to compare once benchmarks tie
Updated 2026-09-21
Fable 5 vs Sol Flagship Comparison
Price, context window, and benchmark methodology compared, plus how to call both on QCode
Updated 2026-09-21
Claude Code vs Cursor: 2026 In-Depth Comparison of AI Coding Tools
Claude Code vs Cursor comprehensive comparison: AI models, context window, execution mode, pricing, agent capabilities — find the best AI coding tool for your workflow
Updated 2026-09-21
GLM-5.3-Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Flash
Two sold Flash tiers: official price, 1M window, MIT; same-endpoint switch
Updated 2026-09-20
Comparison · same table
Same HF table: TB2.1 87.9 vs 88.0, DeepSWE 62.7 vs 70.0, HLE w/tools 60.0 vs 63.0. Fable still leads most rows; Pro wins price and MIT weights.
Updated 2026-09-20
GPT-5.6 vs Claude Opus 4.8 — Benchmarks, Pricing & Status (June 2026) | QCode.cc
GPT-5.6 vs Claude Opus 4.8: both GA — Terminal-Bench 88.8% vs 78.9%, pricing Sol $4/$20 (promo) vs Opus 4.8 $5/$25. A fact-checked comparison, with both available via QCode.
Updated 2026-09-19
Sol vs Sonnet 5 on one key
Two in-sale workhorses, not a “what is X” page.
Updated 2026-09-19
GLM-5.2 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
The post-hike open-flagship math: DeepSeek off-peak, GLM at peak
Updated 2026-09-19
Comparison · live models
AA Intelligence 52 vs 55. Cost/task $0.06 vs $1.54. Speed 115 vs 69 tok/s. Both 1M context. Flash is open; Sonnet is the Claude default.
Updated 2026-09-19
GPT-6 Astra vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Identical windows, 2.5x price gap; the difference is the none reasoning tier and the knowledge cutoff.
Updated 2026-09-10
GPT-6 Astra vs Claude Fable 5.1
Two flagships at identical list prices: the differences are thinking mode, latency tier and knowledge cutoff.
Updated 2026-09-10
AI Coding Tools Review
Updated 2026-08-27
Claude Sonnet 5 vs Sonnet 4.6: API Migration & Upgrade Guide
How to migrate from Claude Sonnet 4.6 to Sonnet 5: a drop-in model-id swap, plus the 3 breaking changes (adaptive thinking on by default, manual thinking and non-default temperature/top_p/top_k now return 400), the new tokenizer that counts ~30% more tokens, and why Sonnet 4.6 is NOT retired.
Updated 2026-08-17
Claude Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.8: Price, Coding & Agent Comparison (2026)
Claude Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.8 compared: Sonnet 5 is ~40% cheaper and close to Opus 4.8, but Opus 4.8 still leads the hardest coding, judgment and cyber tasks. Specs, honest benchmarks, pricing and a routing framework.
Updated 2026-08-17
AI Coding Tools Comparison: Claude Code vs Cursor vs Gemini CLI
In-depth analysis of mainstream AI coding tools: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor 3, Google Antigravity 2.0, GitHub Copilot (2026-08 update: Cursor 3 Agents Window, Antigravity's five surfaces, SpaceX's acquisition of Cursor). QCode.cc — one plan, multiple CLI tools.
Updated 2026-08-17
Comparison · both shipped
Opus 5 leads most independent aggregates (~83 vs ~80) with overlapping intervals. K3 is 2.8T, 1M, native vision, $3/$15, open weights. Official K3 blog says it still trails Fable 5 and Sol.
Updated 2026-08-15