AnalysisAI ModelsJuly 25, 2026

Opus 5's effort dial: coding scores peak at 'high' on FrontierCode

Opus 5 ships five effort settings — low, medium, high, xhigh, max — but FrontierCode scores fall above 'high', per Anthropic's migration guide. The stated reason: at higher effort, the model starts making unnecessary changes.

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