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Claude Opus 4
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by Anthropic
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RANKED #138 OF 313 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #186 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.0 · 362 VOICES ·
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Claude Opus 4 is benchmarked as the world’s best coding model, at time of release, bringing sustained performance on complex, long-running tasks and agent workflows. It sets new benchmarks in...
HAPPY6.9
39 mentions
SAD8.1
37 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 232 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Claude Opus 4 once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
- BARE MINIMUM
None (Closed-source model)
N/A
~N/AClaude Opus 4 is a closed-source proprietary model hosted exclusively via Anthropic API and cannot be downloaded or run
- SWEET SPOT
None (Closed-source model)
N/A
~N/ACannot be run locally because model weights are not publicly released.
- FULL POWER
None (Closed-source model)
N/A
~N/ACannot be run locally because model weights are not publicly released.
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN CLAUDE OPUS 4?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Claude Opus 4 takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNone (Closed-source model) | SWEET SPOTNone (Closed-source model) | FULL POWERNone (Closed-source model) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. A DASH MEANS NO SPEED WAS RESEARCHED FOR THAT RIG. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Claude Opus 4 right now. Biggest praise: long conversations. Biggest gripe: saying no too much.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Keeps up in long chats and big documents (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (9 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (6 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (4 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (4 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Help with codeMIXED FEELINGS
4 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 9 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Long conversationsPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2025-05-30 · 680 UPVOTESHoly shit, did you all see the Claude Opus 4 safety report?
Holy shit, did you all see the Claude Opus 4 safety report?
- REDDIT · 2026-09-03 · 593 UPVOTESTibo is giving one reset a day and we are offered none from Claude
Tibo is giving one reset a day and we are offered none from Claude
- REDDIT · 2025-08-05 · 355 UPVOTESMeet Claude Opus 4.1
Meet Claude Opus 4.1
- REDDIT · 2026-02-06 · 173 UPVOTESEurope can still be competitive in AI - Mistral should take a part in it
Europe can still be competitive in AI - Mistral should take a part in it
- REDDIT · 2026-01-21 · 146 UPVOTES“You’re not Claude’s primary concern”: What Claude’s 15,000-word constitution tells us
“You’re not Claude’s primary concern”: What Claude’s 15,000-word constitution tells us
- REDDIT · 2025-05-22 · 146 UPVOTESAnthropic researchers find if Claude Opus 4 thinks you're doing something immoral, it might "contact the press, contact regulators, try to…
Anthropic researchers find if Claude Opus 4 thinks you're doing something immoral, it might "contact the press, contact regulators, try to lock you out of the system"
- REDDIT · 2026-01-21 · 139 UPVOTESAnthropic publishes Claude's new constitution
Anthropic publishes Claude's new constitution
- REDDIT · 2026-02-26 · 136 UPVOTESInvisible characters hidden in text can trick AI agents into following secret instructions — we tested 5 models across 8,000+ cases
Invisible characters hidden in text can trick AI agents into following secret instructions — we tested 5 models across 8,000+ cases
- REDDIT · 2025-08-01 · 110 UPVOTESUnpopular opinion == GitHub Copilot is actually amazing vibe coding tool
Unpopular opinion == GitHub Copilot is actually amazing vibe coding tool
- REDDIT · 2025-06-25 · 105 UPVOTESClaude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4 are now generally available in GitHub Copilot
Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4 are now generally available in GitHub Copilot
- REDDIT · 2025-05-23 · 96 UPVOTESClaude Opus 4 is super expensive
Claude Opus 4 is super expensive
- REDDIT · 2025-05-30 · 87 UPVOTESClaude 4.0: A Detailed Analysis
Claude 4.0: A Detailed Analysis